another example of an early blockchain initiative is the incorporation of the energy web foundation ewf as a global consortium of generators integrated utilities and related companies such as research institutes it service providers and startups in addition to developing a new opensource core technology platform that is purposebuilt for the energy sector ewf has set up several specialised working groups and knowledge exchange forums in order for ewf affiliates to accelerate development of blockchainbased applications for certificate of origin markets for green power demand response programmes electric vehicle networks and other application domains on one hand the development and piloting of several blockchainbased digital services is increasing as most auto original equipment manufacturers oems tier suppliers and many software firms are working on solutions to current pain points such as inefficient processes and data sharing