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Bitcoin mining can, with little notice and any time of day. Solar is pretty predictable and there are a lot of workloads that can follow solar output. Vehicle
by megaman821 2y ago
Bitcoin mining can, with little notice and any time of day.
Solar is pretty predictable and there are a lot of workloads that can follow solar output. Vehicle charging, water heating, water chilling/freezing, and industrial heat batteries. Depending on the capital cost of the plant, desalination and hydrogen splitting make sense too.
- bee_rider 2y agoI don’t like Bitcoins, they seem like a ridiculous way of burning extra electricity. That said, because they can consume energy on tap, they do seem like a funny way of providing a return on extra renewable energy, promoting the over-building of renewables, which would mean that we have to turn on the wasteful peaking generators less often. Have to give them credit here.