Vodafone Enlists Blockchain Nonprofit for Tracking Renewable Energy Use in Europe
With solar panels flooding power grids with more electricity than some utilities companies may know how to handle, telecom giant Vodafone and blockchain nonprofit Energy Web have devised a communications solution.
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