Research on Blockchain Technology for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Energy Trading

Dear Colleagues,

The emergence of small-scale power producers, whether through wind turbines, solar panels or other means of generation, is a global phenomenon that is shaking up the electric power industry from top to bottom. This transformation brings with it both opportunities and threats. Among the opportunities will be a greater flexibility to purchase surplus power, which could go beyond the boundaries of the distribution company to become trans-regional and even international. Climate change, inter-state influences during conflicts and new consumption habits, especially in the emergence of transportation electrification, will make this market very lucrative and an interesting field of research for new ways of doing things. This Special Issue facilitates the convergence of different research fields towards the emerging research on the automation of energy exchanges between a multitude of actors. In particular, it focuses on the blockchain, which can help maintain the trust relationship of stakeholders, transactional traceability, the democratization of the governance of energy exchange mechanisms and the facilitation of new entrants in the sector of electric energy production, storage and transportation. We therefore invite you to share your scientific papers on the application of different forms of blockchains, such as private blockchains and their applications in the energy sector; the protection of this type of infrastructure, including maintaining the internal integrity of the blockchain; the fundamental aspects and principles for a healthy governance of a system based on the blockchain; on the securing of these environments; new possibilities at the level of optimizing energy distribution; or to allow the emergence of new forms of energy production that minimize the carbon footprint of our societies.

Dr. Pierre Martin Tardif
Dr. Brahim Elbhiri
Dr. Bilal Abu-Salih
Dr. Kenji Tanaka
Topic Editors