Introducing EMPOWER - a cure to the slow demand for renewable energy adoption among the general public

Imagine a button that allows you to switch your electricity supply from traditional fossil fuel based sources to **100%** "sweet", clean, Earth-friendly, renewable electricity. If there were no differences in costs, would you make the switch? I am a firm believer that there are a lot of people who inherently desire to do good and protect our planet Earth when given the capability and the choice to do so. Thus, I am happy to present to you **EMPOWER**. **EMPOWER** is a blockchain database designed to support the generation **AND** consumption of electricity from renewable sources using cryptocurrency rewards. Here are 5 things **EMPOWER** can do for you once the platform is created: 1. For the first time ever, you will have the choice to buy clean renewable electricity instead of traditional fossil-fuel based electricity.  2. **EMPOWER** shall be the first platform in the world designed to reward **YOU** for making that simple yet definitive conscious choice of consuming renewable energy for your electricity needs.  3. **If you are a renewable energy producer, EMPOWER** is our attempt to help you shorten the time it takes to recover your set up costs.  4. **If you cannot afford a renewable energy system at home, EMPOWER** is designed to help you raise enough capital to build your own, technically for free via accumulating cryptocurrency rewards. Alternatively, if you cannot wait... 5. **EMPOWER** provides you the option to empower others by vesting your accumulated rewards into their projects. Thus you can choose to help your family, close friends, favorite charity, community home or rural village to build their renewable energy systems and have a share in the cryptocurrency rewards they earn from their generation. 
For the full detail, download and view the whitepaper **[here](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1262dyZ1KWdATAyN3u8lKFTJ93lDcpwra)**.
## Credits --- This document outlines a vision for a blockchain database that attempts to help make renewable our main source of electricity within this lifetime. I feel a great sense of joy and immense fulfillment to publish it today, 30th May 2018, thanks to my Steemit family members @littlenewthings, @karinzdailygrind, @orangila and @perennial who constantly kept me [accountable](https://steemit.com/teammalaysia/@buzz.lightyear/my-whitepaper-will-be-out-may-30th). It literally is a document 12-years in the making. And there are a great many people and events I am grateful for that has helped, directly and indirectly, to form this document. - @ninjaboon, @bitcoinmalaysia for your encouragement, trust & belief in me. - @zord189, @aaronleang, @joannewong, @khimgoh, @maverickfoo, @bitrocker2020 - my Steemit family - @steem, @ned, @dantheman - for creating STEEM - [Andreas Antonopoulos](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJWCJCWOxBYSi5DhCieLOLQ) - his YouTube videos were the first to introduce me to the blockchain space - [Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia](www.seda.gov.my) - for driving 5 years of unprecedented demand for renewable energy via the national Feed-In-Tariff program since 2011. - [Mr. Tham Mun Loke](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tham-mun-loke-44191029) - my first rooftop solar energy client - [DCSP Sales & Service S/B](www.dcspss.com) - for giving me the platform to build my career in renewable energy since 2008. The company currently serves a client portfolio that collectively earns RM 2 million annually from renewable energy generation. - [Mr. Chew Cheng Kiat](https://books.google.com.my/books?id=-sevVMCdl6wC&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=chew+cheng+kiat&source=bl&ots=0wnw1w-q4a&sig=QAeX2FT9hp8MhZZ5xhms7sraEXI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQs4PH_a3bAhXUb30KHTLRBwkQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=chew%20cheng%20kiat&f=false), Former Managing Director of Emerson Network Power Malaysia and Indonesia - for his customer orientated leadership and mentorship in mission-critical infrastructures. I look forward to seeing this document evolve as we develop the protocol, the platform and take in the feedback from you, the global community*!* ### Please resteem or leave me a comment what do you think about this project. Tell me: - ### What do you think works well - ### What do you think won't work well
Buzz
--- *Hi, my name is Jason aka [@buzz.lightyear](https://steemit.com/@buzz.lightyear). I envision a future where **renewable energy is our main source of electricity** in this lifetime; reducing the largest contributor of carbon emissions by 90% and bringing our global temperatures back to its natural balance.* *I believe that this is no easy task but it is **achievable** with your support.* *I am developing an open blockchain that **incentivises both producers and consumers of renewable energy** and am looking to collaborate with brilliant minds who share this vision so that we can create a future where **it just makes sense to go 100%** renewable, visit your local store, buy some latest tech and generate energy for your own use and for others.*