Powerledger (POWR): What It Is, Uses and Risks

Powerledger (POWR) is a technology company that builds software for distributed and decentralised energy markets. Its platform is designed to track and trade energy, flexibility services and environmental commodities, with the stated goal of supporting a more modern, market-driven grid where consumers have more choice over their power. The company says it was founded in 2016 to address a practical problem: solar and wind output is intermittent, which creates difficulties for the grid. Its answer was a more responsive market that could help manage that variability. The company is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, and states that it operates in more than 10 countries. POWR is the token associated with this platform. The token data lists a launch date of 3 June 2017. Data providers group POWR under DePIN, a label for decentralised physical infrastructure networks, which is a category rather than a technical standard.

According to the project description, POWR is an ERC-20 token that acts as a licence businesses need to access the Powerledger platform. The named user groups include utilities, renewable energy operators, microgrids, companies committed to 100% renewable energy and property developers. The project also says the token will be usable to pay for transactions on the Powerledger blockchain in future. That wording suggests this use is planned rather than fully in place, so readers should check current project documentation to see which functions are live. The description does not spell out in detail how access is granted or priced, so those points should be confirmed directly with the company before drawing conclusions about how the token works in practice.

As of 2026-11-05, the data shows a price of about 0.056 US dollars, a market capitalisation of about 32.2 million dollars and a fully diluted valuation of about 56.1 million dollars. The 24-hour trading volume was about 1.9 million dollars, and the token ranked 629th by market capitalisation. Circulating supply was about 573.4 million POWR, total supply about 999.5 million and the stated maximum supply 1 billion. Over the past year the price fell by about 38%, while the seven-day change was a rise of about 3.6%. The all-time high was 1.89 dollars on 6 January 2018, and the all-time low was 0.0326 dollars on 12 March 2020. These figures change constantly and are not a signal to buy or sell.

POWR is issued on Ethereum as an ERC-20 token. The data lists no native token for any chain, so POWR is not the base currency of a network. The project describes a second layer, a separate Powerledger blockchain built on Solana, which it says is used to process energy transactions on a more scalable network. In simple terms, the token lives on Ethereum while the energy transaction activity is described as running on the Solana-based chain. Public sources provided do not explain how value or assets move between the two layers, so readers should not assume a specific bridging method. No consensus or hashing method is given in the data, so this page does not describe one.

POWR has a history of large price swings, and the current price is far below its 2018 peak, so losses are a real possibility. Utility tied to future payments on the Powerledger blockchain depends on that system being built and adopted, which is outside the readers control. The business depends on how energy markets, utilities and regulators respond to its platform. Some data providers tag POWR with an Alleged SEC Securities label, which is a category name and not a legal ruling, but it points to regulatory scrutiny in some places. For storage, many people hold ERC-20 tokens in a self-custody wallet that supports Ethereum, or on a regulated exchange where they are allowed to trade. Always confirm the contract address through the project’s official channels, since fake tokens and phishing sites are common.