# Pipelines

## What are Pipelines in the Netzium Ecosytem?

A pipeline is a collection of renewable energy projects under a particular category. The current categories are [Utility](pipelines/utility), [Datacenter](pipelines/datacenter), [Commercial](pipelines/commercial), [Residential](pipelines/residential) and [Social](pipelines/social). These represent different production profiles, sizes of installation, risk profiles, etc.&#x20;

The purpose of the pipeline is twofold:

1. to give token holders a place to gain rewards for their purchase, and
2. to ensure that Netzium tokens are lit up (utilized) as part of the ecosystem, thus ensuring that their is token circulation and utilization and avoiding one of the common problems of other token types.
