The next set of renewable energy incentives will rely on blockchain technology. One project in particular, Swytch, leverages smart meters and IoT devices to reward the companies and people who reduce carbon emissions the most. The project has just announced their public token sale which will begin June 12th and last 30 days maximum.
Swytch is currently running a successful pilot in Germany with hundreds of assets representing over 1.5GW of energy capacity, enough to power 500,000 homes.
“The time is now to make a real impact in the global renewable energy space,” says Evan Caron, founding partner and managing director of Swytch. “We have been very busy securing partnerships, onboarding advisors and testing our technology over the past few months in order to position the project for long-term success.
What makes the project unique is that Swytch dynamically awards tokens based on the amount of carbon (CO2) offset estimates to any individual or organization who chooses to partake in the effort to reduce emissions, including consumers, corporations and non-governmental organizations.
Swytch’s goals include creating a more efficient and truly global carbon market, rewarding and empowering individuals and companies to participate in eco-friendly actions and generating valuable data to drive policies and decisions. Swytch also aims to incentivize investments in renewables, such as where CO2 emissions are high or power generation is low. By rewarding tokens based on how much CO2 emissions are reduced, Swytch encourages capital to behave more efficiently.
Swytch is founded by Evan Caron, former Wall Street energy trader, Dr. John Clippinger, MIT research scientist and John Redpath, seasoned energy expert. In addition, Swytch has world-class advisors including: Dr. Steve Waterhouse, experienced blockchain investor, Tony Seba, Stanford University clean energy academic and Steve Jurvetson, original Tesla and SpaceX investor.The Swytch team has secured many strategic partnerships with well-known players in the energy and blockchain space including:
- Atonomi – Edge level IOT device security and identity protocols
- Bancor – Smart contract design and Network Token Protocol
- Berkshire Cloud Evident Proof Platform – POP blockchain design and implementation
- Black & Veatch – Technology and “oracle” allocation model developer
- E2M – European renewable energy aggregator and pilot partner
- Energy Web Foundation – Technology and network building
- HST Solar – Estimator design and data inputs
- NDimensional – Machine learning/“oracle” allocation evolution
The token sale will open to public on June 12th at a cost of $.50 USD per token. Interested participants should sign up on the Swytch website, join the dedicated Telegram group, where full details of the token sale will be announced and view this FAQ video with Evan.
