KenGen to Offer Geothermal Power to Bitcoin Miners – crypto.news - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
Bitcoin क्रिप्टोKenGen to Offer Geothermal Power to Bitcoin Miners – crypto.news06 / 04 / 2022बिटकॉइन एथेरियम समाचार KenGen, Kenyas energy production company, wants to provide bitcoin mining companies with its surplus geothermal power to support them meet their energy needs. KenGen to Support Bitcoin Mining In response to an upsurge in demand from various operators, Kenyas energy production giant KenGen has offered to provide Bitcoin mining firms with excess geothermal power. The company has not revealed any further information, but given that there are no bitcoin mining firms in Africa, those approaching it are presumably from the US and Europe. According to KenGen, if the company provides its energy for crypto mining, beneficiaries will have to set up operations at its main geothermal plant located nearly 123 kilometers from the countrys capital, Nairobi. “We‘ll have them here because we have the space, and the power is near, which helps with stability. Their power requests vary; some of them had asked to start with 20MW to be later graduated. Crypto mining is very energy-intensive,” said Peketsa Mwangi, KenGen’s geothermal development director. Push to Use Green Energy for Bitcoin Mining Turning to Geothermal energy is seen as a measure taken to alleviate the issues regarding the Bitcoin mining industrys carbon