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Powerledger (POWR) is a company that develops software for decentralized energy markets, aiming to promote sustainability. Their blockchain platform facilitates the tracking and trading of energy, flexibility services, and environmental commodities. The goal is to support a modernized, market-driven grid that gives consumers energy choices and democratizes power. Based in Zug, Switzerland, Powerledger operates in over ten countries. The POWR token is an ERC-20 token on Ethereum, while the Powerledger blockchain, built on Solana, handles energy transactions for scalability. Businesses like utilities and renewable energy operators need POWR as a license to access the platform, and it may also be used for transaction fees in the future.

Powerledger was co-founded in 2016 by Dr. Jemma Green and John Bulich. Dr. Green, who serves as executive chairman, previously worked as an investment banker in London before returning to Perth for a PhD on electricity market disruption. She met John Bulich, a blockchain expert known for innovative solutions, and together they identified a need for transparency and peer-to-peer trading in energy markets. In 2018, Dr. Green won Sir Richard Branson’s Extreme Tech Challenge and later the EY Fintech Entrepreneur of the Year award. In 2024, she co-authored a book with Chris Voss. John Bulich, as technical director, is a blockchain pioneer in Australia and co-founded Ledger Assets before starting Powerledger.

Powerledger was established in 2016 to address the intermittent nature of solar and wind energy, which lacks the consistency of fossil fuels and challenges grid stability. Their solution is a flexible market that helps regulate this intermittency, fostering a more responsive, distributed network with better storage. Utilities and large corporations use Powerledger’s software to track, trace, and trade every kilowatt of energy, enhancing grid stability. The software includes tools for energy provenance tracking, portfolio management, peer-to-peer trading, and environmental commodity markets. Blockchain is used for recording transactions and tracking each kilowatt hour's type, time, and place, as well as for transactions involving environmental attributes like EACs.

As of February 2021, the circulating supply of Powerledger (POWR) is 425,498,654 tokens. The maximum supply is capped at 1,000,000,000 POWR.

Powerledger lets renewable energy asset owners choose their buyers and set prices, with trades conducted over a monitored distribution network that ensures secure revenue. Users can store POWR in hardware wallets. POWR is an ERC-20 token, compatible with all Ethereum-supporting wallets. The Powerledger blockchain, based on a modified Solana software, processes transactions due to its scalability compared to Ethereum. Security is maintained through staking on the official Powerledger staking platform. Since POWR is ERC-20, it works with any wallet that supports Ethereum.

You can purchase, sell, or trade Powerledger (POWR) on various exchanges, including Coinbase, Binance, Bithumb, KuCoin, UpBit, Gate.io, Bittrex, Bancor, Changelly, Coinspot, Huobi, Kyber, LAtoken, Localcoinswap, Lykke, TDAX, Swyftx, Liquid, and crypto.com.