Financing offshore wind

Re:Financing offshore wind by kevinak on Saturday September 24, 2022 @04:19AM (#32960681)

Another idea:

1. Build turbines

2. Stick Bitcoin miners in them (or the off-shore substation?)

3. Disconnect Bitcoin miners when export cable is complete

4. Repeat

5. Save the world

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Re:Financing offshore wind by Klaster_1 on Saturday September 24, 2022 @05:24AM (#32960985)

This has already been happening for a while with cheap hydro electricity from Siberia, if I understand the situation correctly. Did anyone perform a comparison of Bitcoin vs batteries vs new electricity lines yet, is it a viable replacement under certain conditions?

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Re:Financing offshore wind by kevinak on Saturday September 24, 2022 @07:10AM (#32961446)

What would the batteries do?

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Re:Financing offshore wind by Klaster_1 on Saturday September 24, 2022 @10:34AM (#32962964)

Analogous to Bitcoin, batteries store the value to be used at a later point in time.

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