German energy provider Enercity has announced that it is now allowing payment of bills using bitcoin with rising adoption of this digital currency.

"The digitization is an integral part of the everyday life of our customers already in many areas.  We want to offer the optimum for our customers in all aspects of energy.  The possibility of the Bitcoin payments is only a step on the way to the digital future ', explains the Enercity CEO Dr. Susanna Zapreva. 

Enercity believes that in the future systems, transactions and networks will be decentralized and able to act independently of central institutions. It says that bitcoin is a globally usable decentralized payment system, which is not subject to geographical limitations – all one needs is internet connection and a bitcoin wallet. Enercity said that it added support for this new payment option to set new standards in customer service.

The company said that direct Bitcoin payments can be made via the Enercity website or a Terminal at the enercity KundenCenter in Hanover city centre. Enercity has partnered wuth Pey.de to facilitate bitcoin payments.

“Now you can pay your enercity bills via Bitcoin! Bitcoin is a globally usable digital payment system, that we in cooperation with our partner pey.de have introduced”, Enercity said.

The German startup PEY, founded in October 2014, announced that it has started a new partnership with Enercity that will allow customers in Hanover to pay their electricity, gas, district heating and drinking water with the cryptocurrency bitcoin.

“Starting this month, all Enercity customers will receive an upgraded version of their invoices which will include a special barcode to allow instant payments of their invoices with a smartphone”, PEY said.

Enercity, or Stadtwerke Hannover AG, is one of the largest municipal utilities in Germany with around 2,700 employees. In Hanover, the company provides over about 650,000 inhabitants with electricity, natural gas, district heating and drinking water.