But there's another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush - the unmistakable high-pitched whine of a bitcoin ...

Starting on 1 April 2020 and running three million bitcoin mining machines until the end of December 2024, Eskom would have ...

Cryptocurrency mining company Advanced Miners has acquired a 101MW gas-fired power project in Canada, where it plans to develop a 99MW bitcoin mining operation. The project is located on 19 acres of ...

Bitcoin struggles to keep its carbon footprint low. African renewable energy companies struggle to stay afloat. One company ...

Deep in Zambia’s remote northwestern region, a bitcoin mine hums beside the Zambezi River, powered by the Zengamina hydroelectric plant. Before the Kenyan-based company, Gridless, set up shop in the ...

For example, Greenidge gas power plant in New York which was renovated to mine bitcoin was mandated to power down mining in January to supply electricity to the grid during a cold snap.

Growing weed inside uses about 1 percent of U.S. energy and pollutes more than cryptocurrency mining. There’s a better way to ...

Bitfarms, a global computer infrastructure company known for its Bitcoin mining operations, has entered into a $300 million loan agreement with Macquarie Group to finance the development of its ...

A mining company is reported to be tapping into an excess hydroelectric power in a remote region of Zambia to mine Bitcoin.

Bitcoin mining provides a temporary economic use for surplus renewable energy, but reduces the incentives to invest in grid ...