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French utility giant Électricité de France has joined the Hedera Governing Council as a node operator. EDF, which is among the top five global utility firms, represents the first from its industry to join the council and will use the technology as part of its aim to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

The Hedera network is a public, enterprise-grade blockchain that is owned and governed by private entities. EDF joins the likes of IBM, Google, Boeing as node operators, with each having an equal vote in the future direction of the software. Each member can serve for a maximum three-year term, with the possibility of serving for two consecutive terms. The creator and proprietor of Hedera’s Hashgraph algorithm, Swirlds, retains a permanent seat on the council.

Top 5 Global Utility EDF Joins Hedera Governing Council
First Council Member from the Utility Industry Joins Council to Pursue DLT Opportunities as Part of Mission to Build a Net Zero Energy FutureDALLAS and PARIS, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Électricité de France S.A. (EDF), a top five global utility firm1 serving customers worldwide, has joined the Hedera Governing Council and will run a Hedera network node. As a recognized global leader in combating climate change, EDF has undertaken to produce increasingly low-carbon electricity and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The Hedera network's computational efficiency as a proof-of-stake decentralized public network aligns with this goal and makes it the ideal platform on which to deploy energy use cases.

EDF is a leader in helping customers worldwide leverage blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLTs). The company's wholly-owned subsidiary Exaion, operates Blockchain-as-a-Service offerings that provide the computing and network infrastructure necessary to roll out projects faster, with high security. Exaion will run a Hedera network node in France, the first in the country. Exaion also runs a Tezos node, and participates in the Energy Web Foundation and Hyperledger Foundation.https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/top-5-global-utility-edf-joins-hedera-governing-council-301236850.html

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