Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Dipuo Patel, CTO of Soluna, joins us to talk about renewable-powered Bitcoin mining operations, including Soluna’s Project Annie – a 75MW solar-powered data center in northeast Texas. We dive into the challenges of behind-the-meter renewable mining, curtailment solutions, production tax credits, and how Bitcoin mining can solve renewable energy’s biggest problems.
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Notes:
– Project Annie: 75MW data center, 140MW solar farm
– Texas has massive renewable energy scale
– Production tax credits incentivize green energy
– Behind-the-meter regulations are complex
– Wind farms often run at 30-40% capacity
– Battery storage too expensive for Bitcoin mining
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