eChain: a Blockchain/AI-based energy trading platform to disrupt energy market

eChain：基于区块链/人工智能的能源交易平台，颠覆能源市场

• 批准号: 105379
• 金额: $ 21.97万
• 依托单位: URBANCHAIN LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=105379
• 关键词: eChain; Blockchain; AI; based; energy

"UrbanChain aims to develop world-leading products and services by using blockchain/AI technologies to integrate services in utility sectors, such as energy, transportation and health. We aim to transform these markets, democratise their structure, and optimise and integrate services to reduce the costs for end users. We will initially focus on the energy sector where there are controversial market failures such as energy poverty, and non-competitive renewable energy market.In 2015, 11% of English households were not able to keep their homes adequately warm (BEIS 2018), and the debts of the households to energy companies has reached £1billion (e-Ofgem 2017). In addition, treating the health impacts of cold homes is costing the NHS an estimated £1.36 billion each year (Age UK 2016). Furthermore, despite small-scale generators contribute to 25% of energy production, they only have access to 5% of consumers. There is now a business need to significantly reduce energy costs for end users and bring renewable energy generators into the mainstream market.Our innovative platform solves the above problems as it directly links energy consumers to the renewable energy generators, and automatically switches the consumer's daily energy consumption to the best tariffs available within 10 minutes. The other innovative features of our platform are that it automates billing in real time and optimises demand and supply management with our integrated AI algorithms. Furthermore, our platform provides a competitive energy market for renewable energy generators to directly sell their energy to consumers. We will enable renewable energy generators to come to the mainstream market and provide energy as a service to end users.The Innovate UK follow up fund will be used to conduct a premarket trail followed by commercialisation of our technology in the second phase. We will offer our product directly to end users, including households and SMEs, by the end of this project. Furthermore, we are willing to provide licenses to local authorities and social housing site managers to benefit from some features of our product. Private property managers will also be able to subscribe to our platform to trade energy and manage their energy trading at their own sites.During the project, we will constantly publish our findings suitable for various audiences, and will inform Ofgem and other government-related bodies such as BEIS and Energy System Catapult about our activities. Our ultimate aim from this project is to increase the UK's productivity by eliminating the middlemen."

“UrbanChain旨在通过使用区块链/AI技术整合能源、交通和健康等公用事业领域的服务，开发世界领先的产品和服务。我们的目标是改变这些市场，使其结构民主化，优化和整合服务，以降低最终用户的成本。我们将首先关注能源领域，那里存在有争议的市场失灵，如能源贫困和无竞争力的可再生能源市场。2015年，11%的英国家庭无法保持房屋足够温暖（BEIS 2018），家庭对能源公司的债务已达到10亿英镑（e-Ofgem 2017）。此外，治疗寒冷的家庭对健康的影响每年花费NHS约13.6亿英镑（Age UK 2016）。此外，尽管小型发电机贡献了25%的能源生产，但它们只能接触到5%的消费者。现在，企业需要大幅降低终端用户的能源成本，并将可再生能源发电机带入主流市场。我们的创新平台解决了上述问题，因为它直接将能源消费者与可再生能源发电机连接起来，并在10分钟内自动将消费者的日常能源消耗转换为可获得的最佳电价。我们平台的其他创新功能是实时自动计费，并通过我们的集成人工智能算法优化需求和供应管理。此外，我们的平台为可再生能源发电机提供了一个竞争激烈的能源市场，直接向消费者出售能源。我们将使可再生能源发电机进入主流市场，并为最终用户提供能源服务。创新英国后续基金将用于进行上市前的试验，然后在第二阶段将我们的技术商业化。到项目结束时，我们将直接向终端用户提供我们的产品，包括家庭和中小企业。此外，我们愿意向当地政府和社会住房管理者提供许可证，以受益于我们产品的一些功能。私人物业经理也可以订阅我们的平台进行能源交易，并在自己的网站上管理他们的能源交易。在项目期间，我们将不断发布适合不同受众的研究结果，并将我们的活动告知Ofgem和其他政府相关机构，如BEIS和能源系统弹射器。我们这个项目的最终目标是通过消除中间商来提高英国的生产力。”