{"id":74,"date":"2016-03-08T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/ethereum-used-for-car-charging-in\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T16:11:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T14:11:11","slug":"ethereum-used-for-car-charging-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/ethereum-used-for-car-charging-in.html","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum used for Car Charging in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A German power company, <b>RWE<\/b>, started a partnership with the <b>Ethereum<\/b>-based startup <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.slock.it\/partnering-with-rwe-to-explore-the-future-of-the-energy-sector-1cc89b9993e6#.bcz4rlj22\">Slock.it<\/a>, to develop <b>proofs-of-concepts<\/b> (POCs) using the Eth <b>blockchain<\/b>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-k8YozoeGB68\/Vt74ty8awFI\/AAAAAAAAAQs\/UHQkBBuXm9Q\/s1600\/Car%2BCharging%2Bvia%2BEthereum.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CarChargingviaEthereum.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Germany supports green power<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On May 2011 the <b>German Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen<\/b> announced the government\u2019s decision to close all the nuclear power plants within 2022.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During an interview conducted by the <b>BBC<\/b>, in fact, Mr Rottgen commented:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>&#8220;<\/i><i>It&#8217;s definite. The latest end for the last three nuclear power plants is 2022. There will be no clause for revision.&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, RWE, company who provides coal and nuclear energy infrastructures in Germany, has now decided to invest money in a new sustainable energy and in an <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/holytransaction-adds-ethereum.html\">Ethereum<\/a> project to reduce expenses.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To do so, RWE created a working team to test the blockchain technology to aim at trim costs by lowering expenses related to energy transmission.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Car Charging with Smart Contracts<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a recent interview conducted by <b>CoinDesk<\/b>, RWE Carsten St\u00f6cker commented on a possible application of the blockchain: electric car charging stations that use smart contracts to authenticate users and manage the billing process.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>&#8220;We would like to solve the problems and really push electric vehicle deployment forward by looking into establishing a seamless and affordable electrical charging infrastructure.&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This project debuted at the <b>Lift 2016<\/b> conference in Geneva, Switzerland and it will play out within 2017.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According the RWE project, customers will use charging stations by accepting a smart contract programmed on the <b>Ethereum blockchain<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through this system users will save money thanks to a payment that is connected to the consuption of electricity during the charging, instead of paying according to the time connected to the station.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><i>&#8220;What&#8217;s really exciting here is that people are going to be able to use smart contracts to contract with a machine directly, rather than contracting with a human being or a corporation,&#8221;<\/i> he said to CoinDesk.<\/i><\/div>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A German power company, RWE, started a partnership with the Ethereum-based startup Slock.it, to develop proofs-of-concepts (POCs) using the Eth blockchain. &nbsp; Germany supports green power On May 2011 the German Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen announced the government\u2019s decision to close all the nuclear power plants within 2022. 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