Introduction
The raspberry Pi3 full node solar data logger streams SolarCoins based on production data from the Enphase inverter API on a rooftop connected solar system. This can be easily adapted to other LAN or WEB API's or ModBus protocols that are supported by solar system electricity meters.
Why?
Because now production data goes straight to the blockchain to become immutable in the minimum number of steps. This reduces the risk of attack vectors on the distributed IoT from energy hackers and scammers.
Background
We have been working hard on this for nearly 2.5 years and this post is a continuation of the work that @scalextrix has posted about SolarCoin live posting here. Other relevant standards and links can be found here and here.
Other layers can be built on top
The blockchain message space has also been standardized for syntax so that other web scraper apps can be built on top. Contracts can be built in node-red also for trading and many many other applications for the energy internet. It can even do automated posting to twitter.
We want these dataloggers to proliferate all over the planet. And on privately owned and distributed IoT devices. There are 7 million solar installations in the world and this is just the beginning. The transaction is compliant with the ElectriCChain standard syntax protocol. Future developments will allow queries to be run on the blockchain data, which could allow for reporting on global solar PV generation in real time or granting of SolarCoin to claimants based on generation data rather than system size.
Thanks to the open source team
Well done everyone on the telegram channel and @scalextrix for putting this together. It has been a great experience working with you all on this. This is world first, world changing stuff right here. So we made it open source and it is ElectriCChain Tech Project #3.
The relevant links for github can be found here.
About ElectriCChain
ElectriCChain is modelled on the Linux Foundation and has the goal to make standards for solar blockchain syntax in order to bring about the 4th industrial revolution of an energy internet connected society based on renewable energy.