Swytch enables people, businesses, municipalities and other entities to get rewarded for sustainability actions — to the extent these actions can be tracked and measured using a combination of smart sensors and IoT devices. But security is a concern, to make sure that the actions taken are attributed to the…

How Swytch shifts energy investments to where they’re needed most In this series, we’ll be examining the four major ways Swytch will nudge behavior and markets in so as to reduce C02 emissions. This is part 1: Make Capital Behave Differently. Swytch.io is a blockchain-based company that uses a unique…

Recently, we were asked by Johannesburg Inner City Partnership (JICP) on behalf of the Makers Valley Collective to partner with them on a unique proposal for Creative Placemaking. The proposal was solicited by the U.S. …

Allegany County is located in upstate New York. This is a small county with a population of not quite 50,000, one with significant assets. A highly skilled population, especially as compared to other rural areas, with a concentration of tradespeople and advanced manufacturing competence The presence of both advanced manufacturing…

One of the questions we get asked a lot is who will buy the Swytch tokens. Most people we talk to readily understand the generator/seller side of the equation. A person or entity puts up a solar or wind farm and earns Swytch tokens based on how much renewable energy…

e2m and Swytch team up to help with the elimination of feed-in tariffs and the flaws of Guarantees of Origin (GoO) Two issues that are crucial to the renewable market in Europe: 1) Feed-in tariffs and 2) Guarantees of Origin (GoO). We spoke with Felix Buchholz, Head of Portfolio Management…

How the companies are teaming up to help corporate buyers and utilities shift from fossil fuels to renewables Large buyers of energy, particularly corporations and utilities, want to further their sustainability objectives by shifting their consumption away from fossil fuel towards renewables. …

Throughout the United States cities, towns, and communities are suffering wherever industry has left town. Both economic and civic vitality are compromised. The symptoms are all too common: boarded up storefronts; corners populated by people — both young and old — neither in school nor able to find meaningful work…

What happens when a representative of the new Democratic party from Ohio meets with the thinkers, doers, and funders that have built Silicon Valley? a) Fireworks? b) Great policy ideas? c) An enthralling discussion? d) All of the above? INSERT VIDEO In the wake of Tuesday’s election drama in Georgia–which…