米国調査会社ナビガントリサーチ（Navigant Research）の調査レポート「エネルギーブロックチェーンのベンダと採用トラッカー　2019年第3四半期」は、エネルギー産業におけるブロックチェーンベンダを追跡調査し、その発展を予測している。ベンダからのデータを辿り、5つの地域と、サプライチェーン、発電、卸売、送配電、小売、ビハインド・ザ・メーターの6つの市場セグメントを予測している。プロジェクトパートナーと投資、プロジェクト規模、利用ケース、企業の現状、その他のデータについても記載している。

Blockchain is a mathematical framework for decentralized information and systems management. Since roughly 2015, startups, utilities, and technology companies have financed and deployed demonstration and pilot projects to determine whether blockchain can address pain points across the energy industry. These projects focused on a wide range of use cases, from transactive energy and peer-to-peer energy trading to supply chain management and renewable energy certificates. As the technology slowly matures, the narrative that blockchain will fundamentally disrupt the energy system is giving way to a more pragmatic vision in which blockchain makes existing processes more efficient.

The inaugural Energy Blockchain Vendor and Deployment Tracker is the first report from Navigant Research to track blockchain vendor market entries and exits, funding, investments, and project deployments in the energy industry. It breaks down vendor and project trends across five global regions and covers 236 vendors, 254 projects, and nearly $700 million in cumulative funding invested into energy blockchain development. Including unannounced private investments, Navigant Research anticipates that the actual total invested figure exceeds $1 billion.