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The vast majority of energy generated around the world comes from coal or other fossil fuel-based power plants. Consequently, most of us get very little choice in picking the energy providers for our households. This is problematic as we begin to see climate change emerge as a real problem and the depletion of non-renewable resources. The team behind Power Ledger has a radical new way to look at the issue of energy generation and distribution by making peer to peer exchanges on a blockchain. Let's take a look at how their model will work in practice.

Ar. Margot Krasojević is working on the third project in the trilogy of 'sustainable architecture by harnessing tidal energy' by designing a hotel in China that lies partially submerged in the water and can produce clean reusable energy. Check it out here…

As Premium Market Insights (PMI) reported, Global investment in blockchain technology in energy markets is set to reach $34.7 billion by 2025, Valued at just $156.5 million in 2016, and the sector is forecast to grow at a rate of 82% a year.

The Global Thin Film market to grow at a CAGR of 33.80 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing use of solar energy. The Global Thin Film market has also been witnessing various governments increasing investing in the Solar industry.

Home automation technology has been around for decades, but it is only now starting to enter the mainstream. The reasons for home automation's growing popularity include developments on the demand side as well as the supply side. On the demand side, rising incomes and standards of living have combined with increased concerns regarding energy and security to increase the attractiveness of technologies that promise to enhance the owner's quality of life, while also making the most efficient use of energy (especially electricity) and providing a sense of security. In addition, many would-be homebuyers are young, technologically savvy people with an affinity for the latest electronic devices, thus creating a favorable market environment for home automation systems.

Smart grids use communication technologies (shown as red lines in the low wind and high demand scenarios) to tie together the transmission network (blue lines), power sources, and control systems. This reduces the need for additional power plants, allows renewable energy to replace fossil-fuel power plants, and makes the grid more resistant to blackouts and brownouts.

Innovations in beacon technology are making the UK retail sector more intelligent. Beacons are low-energy Bluetooth devices that push location messages to smartphones. While the technology is still quite new today, it's set to become one of the key enablers to connect the Internet of Things (IoT).