Energy Web

Energy Web develops rule digitization tools and decentralized verification infrastructure for energy and environmental sustainability markets, converting operational data into records that third parties can independently inspect. Its stack is built on four primitives: versioned, content-addressed and signed methodologies or rulebooks; independent verification execution in which a quorum of compute nodes runs the same logic in parallel and reaches consensus; immutable on-chain evidence records combining inputs, methodology version, operator signatures and results; and inspectable data exports that bundle methodology, evidence and verification record into a shareable, re-verifiable package.

The company organizes its offering into three categories. Green Proofs provides book-and-claim registries for environmental commodities such as energy attribute certificates, sustainable aviation fuel certificates, greenhouse gas accounting, and product carbon footprints or digital product passports, with a Meta Proofs layer performing cross-registry checks to catch double counting before issuance. Digital Spine is a secure, open-source, governed data exchange and interoperability layer for grid and market operations, covering decentralized digital identity, secure data exchange, event-driven orchestration, consent and access management, and auditability, aimed at unlocking grid flexibility across distributed energy resources. A Research & Innovation portfolio holds proofs-of-concept built with research partners, grid operators and startups, many co-funded by EU, German and Swiss innovation programmes, focused on digitalized grid operations and flexibility, sustainable fuels and green commodity markets, product carbon transparency, and carbon market integrity.

Underpinning the solutions is Energy Web Verified Compute Cloud, a four-step protocol (define rules, connect data, execute verification via independent compute nodes reaching on-chain consensus, inspect results) in which inputs remain private and only commitments leave the customer's trust boundary. Supporting Web3 infrastructure includes the Energy Web Chain, a Proof-of-Authority Ethereum-based blockchain serving as the trust layer of EW-DOS, and Energy Web X, a Substrate-based chain for worker node networks used by enterprise energy applications, plus applications such as SmartFlow (no-code business logic authored in a NodeRed editor) and the EWX Marketplace app for running worker nodes.

Founding story

Energy Web was co-founded by Ewald Hesse, who serves as Chief Executive Officer, and Dr Ana Trbovich; both had previously co-founded Grid Singularity. Hesse's earlier career included executive roles at Andritz Hydro, ABB and Metzler, while Trbovich came from senior policy and economic advisory roles and board positions at organizations including EIT, dena and Axa.

Business model

Energy Web supplies verification infrastructure and registry software to organizations in energy, industry and finance, working through an industry member network and "solution circles" (working groups) that design solutions with the parties who will operate them; successful pilots graduate into production infrastructure used across markets, registries and jurisdictions. Products include subscription-based application components (for example SmartFlow subscriptions and payments) and decentralized worker-node participation, including a fully managed worker node offering on Launchpad. Part of the innovation portfolio is co-funded by EU, German and Swiss innovation programmes.

Traction

In production deployments include the SAFc Registry for sustainable aviation fuel certificates, with more than 235,000 metric tonnes of SAFc issued and more than 750,000 metric tonnes of CO2e abated, and Katalist for maritime book-and-claim, with over 200 corporate users and beneficiaries and presence in more than 25 countries. Pilots of Verified Compute Cloud are running in corporate disclosure (CSRD), trade (CBAM green import verification) and aviation (ReFuelEU Aviation SAF compliance) contexts with registries, market operators and assurance providers.

Latest developments

The company has repositioned its offering around Verified Compute Cloud, with pilots underway for CSRD carbon footprint verification, CBAM green import verification and SAF compliance verification. Recent publications include the Energy Web MiCA Whitepaper 2025 and the 2025 Yellowpaper, and a fully managed worker node was introduced on Launchpad (announced December 2024). The SAFc Registry marked one year of operation in November 2024.