Digital Transformation in Energy Sector Sustainability: Accelerating Sustainable Energy Solutions through AI and Blockchain in Emerging Markets

This thesis explores the combine use of artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technologies to accelerate the circulation of sustainable energy solutions using the international collaboration in the green energy sector in China. The paper investigates the potential of using AI and blockchain to transform the processes of cross-border energy projects, namely to render them more efficient, decentralized, and open in developing markets. With regards to the energy situation in China, the research question of the primary research focuses on how these technologies contribute to cooperation between countries. They are further sub-divided into organizational, technological and regulatory barriers and enablers to their adoption. The study reveals the possibility of using AI and blockchain in the implementation of foreign projects by using a combination of research methods by interviewing key participants in Chinese renewable energy corporations. Along with spotting the main enablers such as the appearance of new technologies and flexible regulations, the research is also able to spot major obstacles such as issues related to the interoperability, disjointed regulations and institutional resistance. Results indicate that AI aids in prediction and system enhancement, and that blockchain creates a trusting scenario by means of secure and open energy trading and decentralized trade. The paper recommends that legislators are trying to normalize regulations and that firms employ hybrid digital architectures, which can be efficient and compliant at the same time. The study contributes to academic knowledge as a new concept, which is called sovereign interoperability in cross-border renewable energy projects. It also provides valuable insights on how to navigate issues with the help of digital means that will ensure people across the world can collaborate to find cooperative solutions to sustainable energy. Further research is required to determine the impacts of digital transformation, policy, and cross-border energy cooperation on each other completely in the emerging markets.