What is Powerledger (POWR)?

Powerledger (POWR) is a technology company that builds software for distributed and decentralised energy markets for a sustainable future. It has developed a blockchain-based platform that enables the tracking and trading of energy, flexibility services and environmental commodities. Its goal is to provide the platform for a fully modernised, market-driven grid that offers consumers a choice in their energy while driving the democratisation of power. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Powerledger operates in more than 10 countries. Powerledger operates on two blockchain layers; the POWR token is issued on Ethereum as an ERC-20 token, and the Powerledger blockchain - a native Solana based blockchain to process energy transactions on a more scalable network.

The POWR token is an ERC-20 token that acts as a licence required for businesses such as; utilities, renewable energy operators, microgrids, companies committed to 100% renewable energy and property developers to access Powerledger’s platform, and will be able to be used to pay for transactions on the Powerledger blockchain in future. In 2015, 30 countries had reached grid parity, meaning that the price of solar-generated energy was equal to or less than the cost of local retail electricity. Powerledger combines renewable energy and blockchain technology to offer energy solutions that are cheaper and more sustainable than traditional energy alternatives.

POWR staking

Powerledger’s Proof-of-Stake Energy Blockchain allows Powerledger to build and scale energy projects across the globe, processing 50,000+ energy transactions per second. To be part of securing Powerledger’s Energy Blockchain, stake your POWR allowing you to be part of the renewable energy transaction and earn rewards.

Who are the founders of Powerledger?

Powerledger (POWR) was co-founded by Dr. Jemma Green and John Bulich in 2016. Dr. Jemma Green is the executive chairman of Powerledger. After spending a decade as an investment banker in London, Dr. Green returned to her hometown of Perth to pursue her PhD in electricity market disruption. In her pursuit of software facilitating peer-to-peer energy trading, she crossed paths with John Bulich, a seasoned blockchain solutions expert with a track record of creating innovative solutions for various industries. Together, they conceived the idea of Powerledger, recognising the growing need for transparency and an additional peer-to-peer transaction layer in energy markets, especially with the increasing integration of renewables into the grid.

In 2018, Dr. Jemma Green won Sir Richard Branson’s Extreme Tech Challenge award, followed by the EY Fintech Entrepreneur of the Year award. In 2024, Dr. Green collaborated with former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss to co-author the best-selling book, 'Empathy and Understanding in Business.'

John Bulich is the technical director at Powerledger. He is a pioneer of blockchain technology in Australia. After co-founding Ledger Assets, he became renowned as a technology entrepreneur, specialising in the design and implementation of blockchain. John provides the strategic direction for conceptual, system and application design and development for Powerledger. His vast experience in software and blockchain development gives Powerledger its technical edge.

What makes Powerledger unique?

Powerledger was founded in 2016 to solve a pressing problem: Energy that comes from solar and wind is intermittent and lacks the steady quality that fossil fuels provide, and this causes problems for the grid.

Powerledger’s approach was to create a highly agile market that could help regulate this intermittency and start to create a transition to a more responsive, distributed network with better storage. Powerledger’s software is used by utilities and large corporations to track, trace, and trade every kilowatt of energy to improve grid stability.

Powerledger software is designed for provenance tracking of energy and portfolio management (PPA Vision), providing alternatives for cheaper renewable energy through secondary markets and peer-to-peer energy trading (Secondary PPA Exchange and xGrid), and building efficient marketplaces for environmental commodity trading (TraceX).

Powerledger solutions use blockchain in a variety of ways. For example, Vision and PPA Vision use blockchain for tracking each kilowatt hour in terms of type, time, and place. Powerledger also offers products that utilise blockchain to record the transactions between buyers and sellers of EACS, or environmental attribute certificates, and creates settlements between the parties. These can be tokenised and integrated with traditional certificate registries and, over time, blockchain registries as well.

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How Many Powerledger (POWR) Coins Are There in Circulation?

Power Ledger’s (POWR) circulating supply is 425,498,654 POWR as of February 2021. With a maximum supply of 1,000,000,000 POWR.

How Is the Powerledger Network Secured?

Powerledger allows renewable energy asset owners to decide who they want to sell their energy to and at what price. Trades are conducted across a distribution network that is monitored and provides a secure revenue stream. Users can secure their POWR through a hardware wallet.

POWR is an ERC-20 token that is supported by all wallets that also support Ethereum. Powerledger’s software suite utilises the Powerledger blockchain for necessary transactions, due to its scalability compared to the Ethereum public blockchain. The Powerledger blockchain is built on a modified version of the Solana software, and is secured through staking facilitated through the official Powerledger staking platform.

POWR is an ERC20 token that is supported by all wallets that also support Ethereum.

Where Can You Buy Powerledger (POWR)?

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