Last year SMA, one of the worlds largest solar energy systems manufacturers announced they were experimenting with #SolarCoin.
If you arent familiar with SolarCoin (https://solarcoin.org/), it is a cryptocurrency that aims to reward generators of solar energy, worldwide. The SolarCoin Foundation holds enough SLR to distribute it at a rate of 1 SLR per 1 MWh of solar energy generated for approximately the next 35 years. While there has been good grass-roots uptake, with SolarCoins being claimed in 73 countries.
However reaching scale of claims is a difficult task, most people are probably not technical enough to setup a wallet, and negotiate the methods needed to claim or buy crypto-currency. That is why this is such big news, not only for SolarCoin but for all crypto, a very steady, and well recognised industry player have been willing to integrate SolarCoin directly into their platform.
Simplicity is the Key
If you have an SMA solar system, you dont need to do much at all, just go to your regular system page and ask to receive SolarCoins, its that simple.
As we know cryptocurrency is a space of those quick to claim success, but slow on delivery, this isnt some pie-in-the-sky plan, its an actual reality, and you dont need to believe the SolarCoin Foundation, because the announcement is there on the SMA website: https://www.sma-sunny.com/en/claiming-your-solarcoins-on-sunny-portal/