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Examples of bitcoin having a direct positive environmental impact. Contributors very welcome
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Bitcoin mining incentivizing renewable energy production
Large Scale 100MW +
- Solar-Powered Bitcoin Miner Starts Operations in Colorado https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/23/new-solar-powered-bitcoin-miner-launches-operations-despite-difficult-market/
Medium Scale 10-100MW
- Nevada-based Gryphon Digital Mining uses net carbon neutral hashing power https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gryphon-digital-mining-announces-may-operational-update-301564605.html
- (announced) Gridless bringing new renewable energy generation to rural communities in East Africa https://gridlesscompute.com/2022/12/06/gridless-a-bitcoin-mining-company-in-east-africa-raises-2m-in-funding-led-by-stillmark-and-block-inc/
Small Scale 1-10MW
Utilizing mining waste
- Heat from mining bitcoin being used to warm greenhouses full of flowers https://twitter.com/BloemBitcoin
Grid stabilisation
- Bitcoin miners being used to stablise Texas power grid https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1534618556947910656
- How waste from old coal mine is powering a Bitcoin mine in a Pennsylvania town https://6abc.com/bitcoin-mining-cryptocurrency-panther-creek-plant-stronghold-digital/12324696/
Proposals
- Waste mining/data center heat used for warming massive greenhouses https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/north-dakota/data-is-the-new-oil-bitzero-data-centers-in-north-dakota-valued-at-up-to-500m-announced
- Bitcoin unlocking ocean energy https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-unlocks-ocean-energy
- US miner aiming to use renewables https://www.cleanspark.com/bitcoin-mining/
- Tesla, Block and Blockstream have teamed up to build sustainable mining operation https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-block-block-stream-team-up-to-mine-bitcoin-on-solar-power-in-texas, https://electrek.co/2022/05/26/tesla-delivers-megapacks-bitcoin-mining-facility/
- Excess geothermal energy in Kenya to be used to mine bitcoin https://hyperbitcoinizer.com/index.php/2022/06/16/the-green-side-of-bitcoin-part-i/
Regulations
- Proposal for regulating PoW in NY State https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/new-york-cryptocurrency-mining-from-moratorium-to-task-force