Courses and games

The nine partners of the Interreg Meuse-Rhine project Blockchain4Prosumers developed a free online course about energy trading supported by blockchaintechnology available on an Open Universiteit platform. The project team also developed a game in which you start trading as a prosumer and can experience what this means.

Free open online courses

The course consists of three modules. In these modules you will learn:

What is a prosumer and what is blockchain technology applied to energy trading.
Some very nice practical tips about how to get started with it all!
Everything about the European energy market and how to participate in it as a prosumer: preparing your house or firm and how to be part of a sharing community.
Interesting open source hacks.

Module 1: on your way to becoming a prosumer

This first module is meant for beginners that have no previous knowledge of blockchain and energy trading. In this module you will learn what it means to be a prosumer and how can you start being one. The course offers theoretical video lectures (of about 20min) spiced up with real examples from the project pilot sites. It is a self-study mini course with a lead time of 2-3 hours (1 week).

Go to module 1

Module 2: vision and practical guide for enterprise
Are you ready to explore blockchain further by focusing on energy sharing and trade? The second module is meant to lead you to the next step of the process of becoming a prosumer, with a special focus of the needs of your firm.

Go to module 2

Module 3: The developers' essentials
From knowing to using: in this module we give you the instruments to start coding with examples from Blockchain4Prosumers project and interesting open source hacks.

Go to Module 3

The 3 modules can be taken separately at your own peace. It is a self-study mini course with a lead time of 2-3 hours (1 week) per module. So, are you up to the challenge and ready to start being a prosumer?

The little plus:
For enthusiastic and advanced learners, the course provides additional reading materials, developed within the project. The course participants can accomplish assignments to check their understanding of the materials. To share ideas and thoughts, a discussion group is available for the participants.

The Prosumer Game

On the blockchain4prosumers website you find the link to an app and instructions on how to play the game.
Go and try the game.