US energy company Ameren will partner with Canadian software firm Opus One to explore the possibilities of blockchain in Ameren's Transactive Energy Marketplace (TEM) microgrid. TEM aims to identify the value of local distributed energy resources (DERs) and ensure their providers are paid fairly for their services. The partnership is part of a larger effort by Ameren, which has been working on developing its own decentralized power grid since 2015.
US energy company Ameren will partner with Canadian software firm Opus One to explore the possibilities of blockchain in Ameren's Transactive Energy Marketplace (TEM) microgrid. TEM aims to identify the value of local distributed energy resources (DERs) and ensure their providers are paid fairly for their services. No precise details were released about how blockchain technology will be used.