In recent years, the concept of the "sharing economy" has emerged, shaking up the global market. It is essentially an economy... without borders in which people from all over the world can participate. A typical example is the website eBay.com, where people from every corner of the planet trade.
The pioneering ideas, around the idea of a global economy, followed one another. Among all of them, however, the one from Gridmates Inc. stood out, which spoke of an online energy platform, aiming to eliminate energy insufficiency. Although it is still in the experimental stage, it seems that it will not be long before it joins the very… interesting family of “global sharing” organizations.
[alert variation=”alert-info”]But what exactly will this promising platform do? Gridmates will be the first online platform that will allow any user who wants to share their energy with other users. In other words, it is the first online electricity network. Gridmates' goal is for the entire planet to be supplied with sufficient energy by 2030.[/alert]
Presenting their idea, the people in charge of Gridmates Inc say: “We have a bright vision for the future. Imagine a world where people everywhere give a small part of their available energy to others who need it. In total, this available energy could provide heat to entire buildings or even communities of people. Every member of the Grindmates ecosystem has the opportunity to participate in providing energy to those in need. Energy consumers and producers can interact at will, in an economically optimal way, utilizing modern energy networks.”
The Gridmates platform operates through peer-to-peer energy exchange networks. In such networks, two computers can operate by sharing their energy resources. P2P technology is one of the latest steps in "Internet science" as it began to develop after the beginning of the 21st century.
Watch the video presenting the idea of the Gridmates platform:
Source: iefimerida.gr
