Largest energy provider in Austria launches charging system for electric vehicles using blockchain

At the end of March, 2019 the Wien Energie energy company, largest in Austria, provided the system of charging of electric vehicles using a blockchain. The technology was implemented together with Riddle & Code company.

The charging station which received "the integrated protected identification of machines", in the test mode is started in Vienna. The new solution is used for management of identification data of users and ensuring safe data transmission. On the basis of it the possibility of the fast and protected charging of electric cars in real time is implemented.

The energy company, largest in Austria, started the system of charging of electric vehicles using a blockchain

It is supposed that the new equipment will provide unchangeable interfaces of data thanks to which integration intellectual counters, the photo-electric systems and charging stations and also producers and power consumers is provided.

Charging a blockchain device will become a part of the research Peer2Peer im Quartier project which is financed by the Austrian agency on promoting of researches (FFG) and it will be performed jointly by Riddle & Code, Wien Energie and AIT companies in technopark of Viertel Zwei.^[1]

Mass start of a system is planned for final quarter 2019 if, of course, testing is productive.

Wien Energie is not the first energy company experimenting with a blockchain. In the middle of February, 2019 the British energetic giant OVO invested in Electron blockchain company for the purpose of development of power platforms and systems and also for creation of the distributed market of energy.

Besides, in March, 2019 the major American power company Ameren and the Canadian software developer of Opus One Solutions announced plans to study potential use of technology of a blockchain.

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