R10: Renewable Thermal & Flex

What this route does.

R10 pays for measured useful heat from heat pumps, solar-thermal, or geothermal (thermal attributes) and—if you have storage or controllable load—thermal flexibility (availability + events). We meter heat on the useful-heat side (flow × ΔT), mint HTT at 1 HTT = 10 kWh-th as a tamper-proof receipt, issue RTC / GO-Heat ex-post, and settle sales on-chain in $EDM. Flex pays on top, on its own cadence. 4% total fees (2% buyer + 2% seller) are paid in EDM; 50% of every fee burns.

No evidence → no attribute/settlement.

PoV in Action

1

Capture & Sign

Certified heat meters (flow × ΔT) produce windowed useful-heat records; heat pumps add an electric-input meter for COP audit. Each interval is signed at the source and normalized to canonical evidence; HTT mints automatically as heat is verified (1 HTT = 10 kWh-th).

2

Verify

Independent roles attest the same evidence: metering operator + auditor for useful heat; for flex, program operator/aggregator + auditor confirm baseline, dispatch, measured response. If a buyer requires renewable matching for HP input, the corresponding electricity attributes from Route 2 are retired/immobilized first and referenced here.

3

Gate

EDMA’s PoV Gate enforces three checks before any state change

1. Quorum present

2. Equality of evidence (every counted verification references the same evidence hash / window),

3. One-Claim exclusivity (the route-agnostic claimId hasn’t finalized anywhere). Fail = no mint, no issue, no settle.

4

Issue & retire (attributes lane)

Deposited HTT aggregate to MWh-th; EDMA issues RTC / GO-Heat (or the local thermal GO) ex-post, then transfers/retire in the external registry on buyer instruction. Issue/retire IDs are anchored on-chain; the backing HTT/evidence are consumed & locked. One unit backs one claim.

5

Flex disburse (flex lane)

If you have thermal storage (tanks, PCM, TES) or shiftable HP load, we enroll you in thermal VPP/DR. Availability and event clears mint Response Proofs (admissible triggers) and pay out without consuming HTT

6

Settle in EDM

On every value-moving action the seller pays 2% in EDM at claim, the buyer 2% at settlement (EDM discount option); 50% of each fee burns until circulating supply reaches 100M. If a wallet is short, the call reverts cleanly (no auto-swaps). A $0.50/EDM denomination floor is used only to compute tokens owed; it is not a price peg.

Outcome: monitor → verify → PoV gate → issue → sell → EDM settlement → 50% burn → immutable lineage (GRO consumed and locked). 

Market

R10 targets district heat, campuses, industrial sites with HP/solar-thermal/geothermal; commercial buildings with substation-grade meters and thermal storage; and any operator able to provide thermal flex.

Price reality

• Generic thermal attributes often low single-digits $/MWh-th;

• hour/location-matched 24/7 bundles can reach $5–$10/MWh-th+ depending on buyer;

• flex ranges from $2k–$50k/yr (small commercial) to $20k–$250k/yr (district/industrial) based on size and events.

EDMA Platform shows local program cards before you enroll.

Worked scenarios

District heat HP (5 MW-th).

25,000 MWh-th/yr; attributes at $2/MWh-th ≈ $50k/yr; flex **$60k/yr** mid-band → ~$110k gross / ~$107.8k net after seller fees.

Industrial HP (1.5 MW-th) + TES, 24/7 match.

9,000 MWh-th/yr; attributes $6/MWh-th ≈ $54k/yr; flex ~$40k/yr → ~$94k gross / ~$92.1k net.

Commercial solar-thermal (0.4 MW-th) + modest flex.

2,200 MWh-th/yr; attributes $1.5/MWh-th ≈ $3.3k/yr; flex ~$6k/yr → ~$9.3k gross / ~$9.1k net.

EDM footing: the Admission Prefund is min(max(0.02 × projected 3-month gross, $20), $1,000) so claims never stall;

Integrity & one-claim

• Proof over promises. We measure useful heat, not nameplate. Issuance is ex-post—period closes, checks pass, then we issue.

• HP electricity provenance. If you claim “renewable HP heat,” we retire Route-2 power attributes for the HP input hours before thermal issuance and link those IDs on-chain.

• Thermal vs carbon. If you later pursue a fuel-switch carbon claim, any overlapping thermal attributes must be retired/immobilized first; carbon then issues in its own lane.

• Consumed evidence. Once issued, the HTT/evidence are locked; re-use is impossible. One unit backs one claim.

What you actually do (week 1 → first issuance)

• Day 1: KYC + wallet (3–5 min); confirm meter spec and, for HPs, COP audit input points.

• Connect data: Link heat meters (+ HP electric input). HTT starts minting as intervals verify.

• Fuel. Buy a small EDM buffer ($20–$40 typical); the fuel gauge shows how many deposits/claims it covers.

• Admission prefund (USD): = min(max(0.02 × projected 3-month gross (attributes + flex), $20), $1,000)—staked in EDM; withdrawable on clean exit.

• Operate. Deposit to Thermal Attributes Pool (or enable Auto-Deposit), and opt-in to thermal flex if eligible. Choose pricing posture (forwards/floors vs spot). Claim in stablecoins; the seller’s 2% fee in EDM is applied automatically; all burns are public per region/window.

Listing & visibility (attributes) / payouts (flex)

Attributes list in the token marketplace with PoV-Verified badge, R10 tag, metering method, COP audit flag (for HPs), any 24/7 matching indicator, claimId, evidence hash, and issue/retire IDs—so auditors can follow meter → attestors → HTT → RTC/GO-Heat → transfer/retire in minutes. Flex appears as program disbursements, not listings.

Non-negotiables

• Ex-post only

• Certified heat meters (flow × ΔT)

• HP COP audit points required

• One-claim law (thermal attribute or carbon, not both)

• EDM only; no auto-swap

• 50% burn on every fee until 100 M circulating.

Bottom line

Route 10 is the finance-grade rail for renewable heat and thermal flexibility: HTT proves heat, RTC/GO-Heat issue & retire cleanly, flex pays on a clear cadence, and every settlement tightens EDM supply by design.