Exploring the Synergies Between Bitcoin Mining and Renewable Energy on Energizing Bitcoin
Justin Ballard (@JLB_Oso) and Jake Corley (@jacobcorley) talk with Foundry’s Cameron McDonald, and CWP’s Chris O’Donnell and Kieran Kemmerer about the role mining plays in stabilizing the grid and managing curtailment issues as well as being recognized as a legitimate and profitable off-take for renewable groups, utilities, and the power grid.
Thanks for sharing this bit of media with me. I find the increasing utility of Bitcoin as it relates to renewable energy really exciting.
As this interview makes clear, Bitcoin mining actually possesses a number of attributes that make it quite well suited to balance the energy grid, take on excess ebbs and flows from various kinds of renewable power, etc. At a practical policy-making level, presenting today's current glut in renewables as an actual opportunity instead of a problem seems clearly worth pursuing.
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