REC Ltd today conducted a live demonstration of India’s Peer‑to‑Peer (P2P) energy trading pilot program under the India Energy Stack at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, held at Bharat Mandapam. The demonstration marks a significant milestone in India’s transition towards a decentralized, consumer‑centric digital power ecosystem.
During the live P2P energy trading demo, Arun Singh, a farmer from Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), used a secure, blockchain‑enabled platform to sell surplus solar‑generated electricity directly to Lakshmi, a garment shop owner in Delhi. Arun sold 6 units of solar power and earned INR 30. The transaction demonstrated a real‑world application of the India Energy Stack (IES), a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) designed to empower citizens as active ‘energy agents’ rather than passive recipients of electricity.
“The live P2P energy trading demonstration represents the most visible and tangible application of the India Energy Stack to date,” stated REC. “The pilot enables prosumers—households, businesses, and farmers who generate renewable energy—to directly trade their surplus power with other consumers through trusted digital protocols, laying the foundation for a more participative and decentralized power market.”
The India Energy Stack (IES) is an interoperable digital framework of open standards and protocols that enables secure, low-cost data and service exchange across the power sector, similar to how UPI transformed India’s digital payments ecosystem.
REC Limited is the nodal agency for the India Energy Stack on behalf of the Ministry of Power. FSR Global serves as the knowledge partner for the initiative, with support from the India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF). Additionally, Networks for Humanity (NFH) is contributing to the development of a trust‑based digital transaction framework to ensure secure, verifiable, and scalable peer‑to‑peer energy networks.
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