Who is behind "Serenity - energy on the GO!" project?
Serenity Source Pty Limited is a company that is aiming to redefine the way we deal with energy. With a focus on the renewable energy sector, combined with the power of the blockchain the company aims to revolutionize the energy sector by providing a host of services including energy retail, renewable energy generation, monetization of carbon credits, sale and lease of HEPEK smart devices, residential property sales, affiliate licensing, and Serenity platform transaction fees.
Unlike a traditional energy distribution model, Serenitys model is to transact energy sales, surplus energy trading, and other ancillary activities over the blockchain. The Serenity platform will be connected to national electricity operators, providing and balancing the demand and supply of electricity, responding at the sub station level, and making possible a structural transition towards blockchain and renewables.
Solar Capacity in Australia
By country, Australia ranks 6th in the world for total solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal installed capacity per capita, behind Germany, Italy, Belgium, Greece and Argentina. Australia currently has around 4,500 MW of installed solar capacity. What is significant about Australias solar capacity is that it is almost entirely located on Australian rooftops. By 2015 more than one in seven Australian households had installed solar PV. This is a 15% penetration rate across all Australian households. In South Australia and Queensland the household penetration rate is 25% and 24%, respectively. Some suburbs in greater Brisbane and Adelaide have recorded household solar PV penetration rates above 50%.
2017 was a record-breaking year for rooftop solar installation, with almost 1.1 GW of rooftop PV installed in the small-scale market. And with power prices increasing further, it is safe to say the outlook for more solar PV is positive, with many of the fundamentals in place for another very strong year for the solar industry. Australian businesses are finding it difficult to secure affordable long-term contracts for their electricity, making solar and local battery storage increasingly attractive solutions particularly with the range of finance options that are now available for this. This medium-scale section of the market has been driving a large part of the growth over the last few years. In addition, households in outer suburbs and regional towns will continue to turn towards small-scale renewable energy to help protect them from future price hikes. Solar consultancy SunWiz says that with electricity prices set to remain high, good momentum in the sector and a robust market, the residential and SME market is primed to continue at more than 1.2 GW in 2019. Combined with a record construction year for the large-scale part of the market, solar is well positioned to be the new gold-rush out to 2020 and beyond.
The sector began 2018 confident that the policy uncertainty caused by the Abbott Governments review of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) was in the past. And that confidence continued to soar, delivering a record year for projects in large-scale wind and solar, as well as the rooftop solar sector. By the end of 2018, many established solar retailers were reporting that the increased level of activity sometimes made it difficult to find enough qualified electricians to complete all the work that was coming in, and these market conditions helped trigger a steady increase in the number of accredited solar installers.
Having more work than your industry can handle is mostly a good problem to have, but it is one of the challenges that many solar businesses are actively managing due to the record demand. By the end of 2018, the number of installers accredited with the Clean Energy Council had grown to 4,941. This was slightly more than the 4,824 registered at the end of 2012, which was the previous highest year recorded for this sector.
The number of new accredited installers per month increased by 60% in 2018 compared to the year before. If the demand for solar continues throughout 2019 and many of the factors that drove strong results in 2018 are still in place the level of opportunity will lead to more electricians completing the necessary training to expand into the solar sector. Increased project activity for large scale wind and solar also resulted in a growing number of jobs in regional areas across the country. It is expected that the unprecedented level of industry activity will create major job opportunities and lead to a substantial boost in numbers during the next few years as the industry builds out the RET.
Bounty Campaign:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5160764.0ICO bench:
https://icobench.com/ico/serenitysourceReddit:
https://www.reddit.com/user/serenity_adminOfficial Site URL:
https://www.serenitysource.com.au GitHub:
https://github.com/Serenity-Energy/Utility Whitepaper:
https://serenitysource.com.au/assets/docs/SERENITY_WHITEPAPER.pdf