Powering Renewable Energy with Data Streaming

Powerledger, an Australian blockchain-based energy platform founded in 2016, aims to democratize electricity markets by enabling peer-to-peer renewable energy trading and building toward a global carbon-free energy marketplace. It views decentralization, decarbonization, democratization, digitalization, and real-time data as major forces reshaping an industry historically based on one-way energy distribution, with potential benefits including greater renewable integration, traceability, transparency, consumer choice, and lower costs. To support plans to connect 100 million smart meters and serve one billion users within five years, Powerledger adopted Confluent’s managed data-streaming services in 2022 alongside MongoDB Atlas and its existing Apache Kafka infrastructure. The company reports substantial gains in scalability and speed, including a new blockchain capable of 60,000 transactions per second compared with 12 on its prior Ethereum-based system, processing one million records in seven minutes, and uploading data from 25,000 meters within minutes rather than hours. Powerledger also says the platform has reduced data-processing burdens on developers, improved feature delivery, and provided the reliability and security needed for an essential, regulated energy service.

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