Intermediary Server for Renewable Energy Asset Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack an efficient method to track and verify the ownership and production methods of renewable energy assets, such as electricity, across various stakeholders, which hinders the accurate certification of renewable energy usage and public subsidies.
Innovation Solution
A tracking system utilizing a blockchain network and intermediary server to manage and transfer asset information, ensuring only authorized entities can generate and change asset information, thereby facilitating the tracking of renewable energy usage and ownership.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a tracking system is implemented to monitor renewable energy assets, then measurement precision and reliability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary server as a mediator between energy producers and consumers. This intermediary manages the complex tracking operations by receiving energy exchange data from producers, verifying ownership information, and distributing tracking instructions to consumers. The intermediary server handles authentication, authorization, and coordination tasks that would otherwise complicate direct peer-to-peer tracking systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The tracking system is divided into distinct functional segments: energy producers who generate and transfer asset information, an intermediary server that processes and validates data, and energy consumers who receive and act on tracking instructions. Each segment has specific responsibilities, allowing the overall complex tracking function to be managed through modular, specialized components rather than a monolithic system.
2Reliability
If authority verification is performed for each information processing request, then reliability is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication and authorization actions when users first register with the intermediary server. Ownership information is pre-verified and stored in advance. When actual energy exchange occurs, the system retrieves pre-verified ownership data and sends tracking instructions directly to authorized consumers without repeating the full authentication process, thus maintaining reliability while reducing processing time.
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediary server establishes feedback mechanisms where consumers receive tracking instructions based on pre-verified ownership status. The system continuously monitors energy exchange and provides feedback to authorized parties only, eliminating the need for repeated authority verification while maintaining secure access for legitimate users.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus includes circuitry to: in response to a request for processing first information indicating an ownership of energy, determine whether a requester of the request has authority to process the first information; and based on a determination indicating that the requester has authority to process the first information, generate second information for tracking energy that instructs processing of the first information.