{"id":46057,"date":"2021-07-14T12:03:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T09:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=46057"},"modified":"2025-09-01T14:27:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:27:01","slug":"eco-friendly-bitcoin-mining-to-run-on-nuclear-power-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/eco-friendly-bitcoin-mining-to-run-on-nuclear-power-in-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco-friendly Bitcoin mining to run on nuclear power in Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Power, a bitcoin-mining infrastructure provider, has signed a five-year partnership with Energy Harbour to supply a data centre in Ohio (USA) with carbon-free electricity from its nuclear plant.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Standard Power is proud to announce our partnership with Energy Harbor that provides us with clean, reliable and carbon-free power.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LGxfrL41E0\">https:\/\/t.co\/LGxfrL41E0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/btc?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#btc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/btcmining?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#btcmining<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/esg?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#esg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/carbonfree?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#carbonfree<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitcoin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ohio?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ohio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blockchain?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blockchain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoinmining?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitcoinmining<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitcoin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/standardpower?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#standardpower<\/a><br \/>\u267e<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Standard Power (@StandardPower1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StandardPower1\/status\/1414734534181068804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mining at the redeveloped former paper mill in the town of Coshocton will begin in December 2021. The refurbishment will turn the derelict facility into a &#8220;state-of-the-art production&#8221; and create jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, Standard Power pledged to halt operations entirely as needed to ensure electricity supplies to Ohio residents.<\/p>\n<p>The firm provides infrastructure services for mining companies with a total installed capacity of more than 1,000 MW.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We chose Ohio because of low electricity costs and the availability of its carbon-free sources. By working with Energy Harbor, we structured our hosting capabilities in advance to ensure that 100% of the electricity for this facility is not linked to carbon emissions,&#8221; said Maxim Serezin, CEO of Standard Power.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining, which consumes a substantial amount of electricity, drew public attention after the electric-car maker Tesla <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/tesla-halts-bitcoin-car-sales-and-roils-the-market\">stopped accepting payments in bitcoin<\/a> because of the use of fossil-fuel energy to power its mining.<\/p>\n<p>Musk later said that Tesla <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-rises-12-on-the-back-of-elon-musks-latest-tweet\">will resume<\/a> sales for the first cryptocurrency when it receives confirmation that at least half of miners use renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>BTC.TOP founder Jiang Zhuer <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/tesla-proposed-to-resume-accepting-bitcoin-payments-condition-met\">replied to him<\/a>, that as a result of the crackdown on mining by Chinese authorities more than half of Bitcoin&#8217;s hashrate is now generated on the basis of green energy.<\/p>\n<p>The Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC), founded by American miners <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-has-no-place-among-the-green-bitcoin-miners\">organization Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC)<\/a> in its first report concluded that the share of renewable energy in the global Bitcoin mining industry <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/study-finds-56-share-of-green-energy-in-bitcoin-mining-industry\">stood at 56%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the community <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/crypto-community-criticises-study-on-green-energy-share-in-bitcoin-mining\">the study was criticised<\/a>, questioning its objectivity and noting that the result, &#8220;by a strange coincidence,&#8221; aligns with Musk\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier plans to channel excess electricity from nuclear power plants into mining were voiced in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Power, a bitcoin-mining infrastructure provider, has signed a five-year partnership with Energy Harbour to supply a data centre in Ohio (USA) with carbon-free electricity from its nuclear plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,26],"class_list":["post-46057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46059,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46057\/revisions\/46059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}