Information from the last AMA session.Brief description(question-answer):
Auctions: Quantity and the progress of the present auctions.Nick Martyniuk WePower, [September 9, 2020]:
In the stage of auctions that are now ending we have 3 and 4 in the prep stage to be launched.
More auctions done?
Yes, currently awaiting approval of PPA by the lenders of the selling party. once confirmed will go in to force.
Do you guys already have pauing customers on the platform?Yes, they range from retailers to project owners and buyers that are using the system.
Marketplace/Platforms require many participants; is participant growth accelerating? Are your current connections are able to help?Absolutely, marketplace requires participants that would be participating constantly and we are happy witht the current traction especialy under COVID turmoil that is hard on people and companies that are looking to go green or in general procure energy. And although some companies have put their plans on hold (for example Victoria with strict locdowns where our office is) others are moving forward.
It would be helpfull if the team would simply explain the WPR in conection with VPM.VPM at the current stage is one of the mechanisms to drive long term demand and market participation as mentioned above. Currently it is used by retailers and other participants exploring novel retail models to engage their customers, onboard them on to the VPM, buy a lon term PPA in the primary marketplace and offer smaller chunks of such PPA to their customers without any effort
How many WPR tokens a company need to have priority access to an auction and be able to buy 1MWh of energy?Today we do not work with customers looking to buy less than 1GWh a year. Talking about quantity of WPR, this very much depends on the value of discount of energy bought (PPA vs Market) in a case of one single participant 0 WPR will be required as parties do not compete for participation in the priority auction. in case there will be more than one participant, the ammount of WPR will depend on the value of the discount on the deal to buy energy and the max ammount such a buyer is willing to spend on WPR to secure lowest possible price.
What will happen if the WPR price will be highGood, but the matter does not change, it will depend on total discount value still, the number of individual WPR will be smaller in this case, those who secured it earlier will have WPR at a cheaper price.
current use of WPR on the platform is to be able to secure lower price of energy jumping the line in procurement from general auction to priority, we are not changing this mechanic, there are other use cases in development with Retailers and we will happily announce them once they are fully worked out.
What is the level of cooperation of WePower and AEMO, AEMC?AEMO is the source of generation data for us on the daily basis for settelement and energy delivery to customers. We do not require a Retail license as our partners/retailers are responible for energy delivery under their own licenses.
Who pays GAS for Ethereum?gas is paid by the issuing party (seller of energy)
Does the seller have to commit to donation in the secondary market?Under current structure donation applies to primary market and our goal of the platform is to have volume and grow it ar rapidly as possible.
What are the tangible benefits of the WePower ecosystem that makes it desirable for a perticipant to join?- Marketplace size - We have over 1GW of projects listed accross multiple states in Australia both wind and solar
- Secondary market provides an excelent oportunity for secondary transactions between larger players to manage their exposure and risks plus buy additional services the transaction might need like balancing/firming
- Pool of buyers for project owners
- cost effectiveness due to standartization of documents and processes that saves allot of time
- Auditability in terms of green energy delivery and contracting.
What european country is the first candidate for market entrance by WePower?As you know we worked with Salzburg and continue work with them thus DACH area is most interesting for us today, however we do not exclude other countries.