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Roaming Service for Electric Vehicle Charging Using Blockchain-Based Digital Identity

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  • Joao C. Ferreira

    (ISTAR, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal
    INOV INESC Inovação—Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, 1000-029 Lisbon, Portugal)

  • Catarina Ferreira da Silva

    (ISTAR, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal
    CISUC, 3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal)

  • Jose P. Martins

    (ISTAR, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal)

Abstract

We present a suitable approach to address the electric vehicle charging roaming problem (e-roaming). Blockchain technologies are applied to support the identity management process of users charging their vehicles and to record energy transactions securely. At the same time, off-chain cloud-based storage is used to record the transaction details. A user wallet settled on a mobile application stores user verified credentials; a backend application in the vehicle charging station validates the user credentials to authorize the energy transaction. The current model can be applied to similar contexts where the user may be required to keep several credentials from different providers to authenticate digital transactions.

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  • Joao C. Ferreira & Catarina Ferreira da Silva & Jose P. Martins, 2021. "Roaming Service for Electric Vehicle Charging Using Blockchain-Based Digital Identity," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-23, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:6:p:1686-:d:519572
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    1. Mattila, Juri & Seppälä, Timo & Naucler, Catarina & Stahl, Riitta & Tikkanen, Marianne & Bådenlid, Alexandra & Seppälä, Jane, 2016. "Industrial Blockchain Platforms: An Exercise in Use Case Development in the Energy Industry," ETLA Working Papers 43, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
    2. Jose P. Martins & Joao C. Ferreira & Vitor Monteiro & Jose A. Afonso & Joao L. Afonso, 2019. "IoT and Blockchain Paradigms for EV Charging System," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-25, August.
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