"cheap hydropower" refers to a form of electricity generated by water flowing through dams or other structures, which is inexpensive or affordable. It indicates that the cost of producing this renewable energy is relatively low compared to other sources, making it economically favorable.
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Entrepreneurs are bombarding the public utilities in Central Washington with requests
for cheap hydropower to run bitcoin computers.
China became a hub of Bitcoin mining in part because
of cheap hydropower there, but power authorities there also moved to cut off supplies to cryptocurrency operations last November.
This means that California could not replace its lost hydropower due to the drought with
cheap hydropower from British Columbia, because that hydropower is somehow considered dirtier than California hydropower.
The New York Power Authority was created in 1931 to
create cheap hydropower out of the rocky rapids on the St. Lawrence River.
Greenport Electric isn't listed but its rates, which like Rockville Centre's and Freeport's are subsidized
by cheap hydropower from New York Power Authority, are on par with those two Long Island municipal utilities.
To comply with state Senate Bill SB X1 - 2 of 2011, by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D - Palo Alto, the California Energy Commission studied whether
importing cheap hydropower from British Columbia would meet California's stringent renewable power criteria.
It seems that's just what the company wants to help cure its economic situation, offering bitcoin miners
cheap hydropower before Québec residents see higher energy taxes.
Much like the City of Plattsburgh, whose Common Council last month imposed a moratorium on new commercial cryptocurrency mining operations due to concerns over energy consumption and fire suppression, the Village of Rouses Point is allocated a comparatively small amount
of cheap hydropower each month, around 13,844 kilowatts.
The power companies believe that when data centers and cryptocurrency miners take advantage of
the cheap hydropower in the state, average customers lose out.
GIGAOM: Fjord IT opens its first data center space in Oslo and is banking on a air cooling technology and
cheap hydropower to attract European customers who want low - carbon cloud services.
The Central Washington region of the U.S. has reported surging demand from bitcoin miners for
its cheap hydropower as price gains continue.
The region - known for
its cheap hydropower - has been an attractive destination for cryptocurrency miners looking to expand their businesses.
The Central Washington region of the U.S. has reported surging demand from bitcoin miners for
its cheap hydropower.
The region — known for
its cheap hydropower — has been an attractive destination for cryptocurrency miners looking...
CoinDesk The Central Washington region of the U.S. has reported surging demand from bitcoin miners for
its cheap hydropower as price gains continue.
The region — known for
its cheap hydropower — has been an attractive destination for cryptocurrency miners looking to expand their businesses.