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CarbonEdge: Collaborative Blockchain-Based Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the Edge

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Decarbonization calls for efficient and trustworthy monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This article proposes a collaborative approach and exemplifies a concrete scenario: the biogas plant scenario. We propose a consortium blockchain as platform and aim to reduce costs and efforts by collaboration and automation in up-scaling GHG management. We present a demonstrator which employs an industry-grade radio frequency identification (RFID) security approach to manage certificate material, a low-code interface for interaction, and the operation of Hyperledger Fabric on industrial edge devices.

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Seidenfad, K., Greiner, M., Biermann, J., Lechner, U. (2023). CarbonEdge: Collaborative Blockchain-Based Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the Edge. In: Krieger, U.R., Eichler, G., Erfurth, C., Fahrnberger, G. (eds) Innovations for Community Services. I4CS 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1876. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40852-6_7

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