- “By running off electricity that would otherwise be curtailed because of low demand, crypto-mining could allow more clean energy to be profitably built on the grid”
- Texas has been a leader in dealing with intermitancy that can power crytocurrency
- Texas “competitive renewable electricity zones”
- average wind curtailment in Texas decreased from over 16% to less than 2%
- wind generation more than doubled
- private investment in energy storage
- Texas “competitive renewable electricity zones”
- flexible demand option for crypto currency that can quickly ramp up operations during times of overgeneration
Trib Talk | Market operations engineer, ERCOT | Cryptocurrencies could increase capacity for renewable energy