Eloncity is one of the best and discussed projects. First, electricity is the largest market in the world. The project is from the sphere in which the blockchain will necessarily be applied. Secondly, a strong professional team. Andy Lee, a prominent man, talks about the seriousness of intentions and the future success of the project. The main partner is the group "Krypital". In the group of assets - Cybermiles, blockbuster Arcblock, Merculet, Egretia.
The project is discussed in the crypto community, it occupies a leading position. I think that Eloncity will attract a lot of investors. I believe in the prospect of the project.
I have a couple of questions.
You have a personal blockchain. What is a “micro-grid”?
And how can you solve the problem of pricing electric companies?
Reply from Eloncity ECO - Andy:
1) What is a “micro-grid”?
A micro-grid is a small electric network at the edge of the grid. In the ELONCITY Model, a micro-grid consists of up to 1,000 residences and the DC-bus, a pair of electric cables running at 1,500V, which connects each of these residences through the DC-bus Endpoint, a DC/DC converter. Unlike its AC counterpart, A DC-bus Endpoint does not connect to the DC-bus all the time. Instead, the DC-bus Endpoint only gets connected to the DC-bus when it is granted by the DC-bus Scheduler to send or receive energy. The micro-grid facilitates the energy exchange among residences while the DC-bus allows people to share energy storage so that no one has to purchase a full capacity of energy storage to survive. The ELONCITY model is designed to speed up the process of achieving a zero carbon footprint by making locally produced renewable energy, which is made available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week extremely competitive so that the community can become self-sufficient and seldom rely on the grid for energy. Even if the micro-grid community cannot produce all the energy it needs, it will only consume energy from the grid at a constant rate during the off- peak hours and hence greatly improve the stability of the grid and its ability to absorb renewable energy. The micro-grid also helps improve the resilience of the grid during natural or manmade disasters.
2) How can you solve the problem of pricing electric companies?
Making the consumer an energy producer (prosumer) so that people have the ability to say “NO” to expensive electric companies (utilities). We also use blockchain to make our price transparent, competitive and complete so that prosumers will use energy wisely, earn their investment back sooner and prevent anyone from the arbitrage of electricity. Please see the white paper for more details about these mechanisms.