Beckn Protocol is partnering with Superteam India on a dedicated prize track for the Solana Radar hackathon powered by Colosseum.We’re inviting founders, developers, policy professionals, etc. to help further the mission of the Unified Energy Interface (UEI) using Solana.<h2>About UEI</h2>In the evolving landscape of energy, sustainability and climate action, numerous startups and organizations are innovating in areas like EV charging, energy storage, and energy management. However, many of these initiatives, while impactful, often operate in isolation, leading to fragmented solutions and creating additional digital platforms targeting the same user base. This fragmentation presents both a challenge and an opportunity to unify the energy ecosystem. Enabling collaboration and interoperability between these independent platforms can accelerate the green transition and enhance the overall user experience. The <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://becknprotocol.io/imagining-energy-with-beckn-protocol/">Unified Energy Interface (UEI)</a>, powered by Beckn Protocol, is a key example of this vision. It seeks to create an interconnected ecosystem for energy services such as EV charging, P2P energy trade, and renewable energy access among others. UEI enables seamless communication between diverse platforms, promoting efficient discovery and transaction of energy resources. By standardizing communication across platforms, it fosters an inclusive environment that encourages competition and innovation, ultimately leading to more sustainable and efficient energy consumption.<h2>Your Mission</h2>Identify areas where a public blockchain like Solana can help further the mission of the UEI and build products, prototypes or proofs of concept that show the ideal experience for such ideas.Imagine a city where all energy transactions happen over a UEI network. Energy is not only supplied by the Grid, but also from distributed sources all over the city in the form of rooftop solar panels, wind turbines, battery storage solutions, etc. All these small energy sources trade energy not just with the grid, but also between individuals or businesses (P2P) using the grid infrastructure. The demand and supply of energy is matched through the UEI network. All such trades are also recorded in Solana Blockchain ledger<img style="align-item:center; width: 100%; height: auto; cursor: pointer;" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgvnuwspr/image/upload/v1725876635/listing-description/gqnw64qegldkaut0ekeh.png" draggable="true">In such a city, you have been assigned the task of building applications leveraging the UEI network and the ledger to help solve a few problems:<ol><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)">Alice is an EV owner who uses the public charging infra through UEI. She is able to discover a charger which offers Green Energy at a discounted rate. She is willing to book the charger but she wants to be sure that the energy being used to charge her car was truly from a renewable source.<ul><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)">Can you leverage the energy trades made by the charge point operator to establish provenance of green energy being used at that charger?&nbsp;</li><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)">Given that Renewable Energy Certificates (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_Energy_Certificate_(United_States)">RECs</a>) are issued when a producer trades surplus energy to other consumers in the city, how will you showcase traceability so that Alice is glad to do her bit towards sustainability? </li></ul></li><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)">Bob owns a bank of 2nd life lithium-ion batteries which he has refurbished and would be of great use as storage. He allows producers and the grid to discover his battery bank to store surplus energy and absorb when the demand increases. However, he is struggling with keeping track of payments made by users of his batteries, as well as his payments to the grid and other stakeholders.&nbsp;Can you leverage the energy movement records in the ledger to determine the reconciled amounts that Bob should be receiving for allowing energy to be stored, as well as the total amount he needs to settle?(Assume that Bob’s smart meter records all transactions and reports them accurately. Declare any other assumptions made regarding rates, fees, etc.) For reference: You can look at the sample request response pairs for transfer of stored energy on UEI here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/shenoyninad/UEI-Prototype/tree/main/turno-sheru">Repo</a></li><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)">Charlie is the Assistant Chief of the Distribution company that manages the grid for the city. He has been looking for a dashboard that would accurately tell him the energy surplus that distributed sources are releasing to the grid and accordingly plan the capacity of his power plant and storage. He also wants to understand the trends of P2P transactions over time (peak demand, peak supply, supply demand mismatch, quantum of energy traded, etc), which will help him predict the expenditures and revenues of the company, declare the amount of renewable energy being consumed.<ul><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)">Can you leverage the data in the ledgers to build an open data analytics dashboard for him to solve his reporting problems?</li><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)">Declare any assumptions you make for this solution.</li></ul></li></ol>For all the above problems, please create a Solana blockchain based ledger with sample transactions and dummy data which you will need to present your solutions. Declare any assumptions that you have made while building the ledger.<h2> Prizes</h2><ul><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)">🥇 First Prize: $3000 USDC</li><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)">🥈 Second Prize: $1250 USDC</li><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)">🥉 Third Prize: $750 USDC</li></ul>All winners will receive a member role in Superteam India. Additionally, teams who make quality submissions will receive the contributor role in Superteam India.<h1>References</h1><ol><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://becknprotocol.io/imagining-energy-with-beckn-protocol/">Imagining Energy with Beckn Protocol</a></li><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/beckn/Unified-Energy-Interface">Unified Energy Interface GitHub Repository</a></li><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://becknprotocol.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Imagining-Energy-with-Beckn-1.pdf">Imagining Energy with Beckn (PDF)</a></li><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://experience.becknprotocol.io/UEI">Experience UEI</a></li><li style="color: rgb(71, 85, 105)"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReqR_xvFjEI&amp;t=180s">Video Demo of UEI</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.colosseum.org/radar?ref=superteamin-beckn">Radar Hackathon Sign Up Link</a></li></ol>

Build for the Unified Energy Interface (UEI) with Solana

Build for the Unified Energy Interface (UEI) with Solana