Nuclear-Powered Crypto-Mining To Begin In Pennsylvania Next Year
by Tyler Durden Thursday, Jul 15, 2021 - 08:20 PM Amid the heated debate over Bitcoin's environmental impact in the mining space, nuclear power could be the perfect renewable energy source to power mining operations. It's no secret that bitcoin mining takes a massive amount of electricity. It's estimated that energy consumption exceeds the power consumption of countries like the Netherlands and the UAE. With the push towards ESG-Friendly bitcoin mining operations, US power company Talen Energy has been given the green light to mine cryptocurrencies using nuclear power from Susquehanna Steam...
Source: zerohedge.com