Ukraine plans to build farms for bitcoin mining

Details on the project with the mining of cryptocurrencies near nuclear power plants are not yet available, however, representativesMinistry of Energy of Ukraine has already ruleda state-owned energy-efficient company, a Ukrainian manufacturer of Hotmine chipsets, and a state-owned nuclear power plant

In order to give a run, it is necessary to sign a Memorandum on Mindfulness.

Local CMEs say that the governmentIt considers the possibility of using centers for bitcoin mining, each of which can consume from 250 to 500 MB of electricity. According to the energy forecast, the total energy consumption for these objects can reach 2 GW.

In the words of Vladimirov, the absorption of additional load will help to reduce the cost of energy transmission and increase the state's supply.

“The idea of ​​creating centers on the basis of the AES, of course,deserves attention, because the EEC of Ukraine has unused basic power. The constant load on the atomic power units can bring additional profit to the state power and allow the subsidies to work on the budget and payments.

Atomic energy covers halfthe need of Ukraine for energy. The country manages four nuclear power plants with 15 peactors in Bolynya and in the south of Ukraine, buying fuel in Russia and Westinghouse. In 2016, these showed that Ukraine had an installed capacity of 1Z GWt, occupying the seventh place in the world.

As shared by Data Center Dуnamics, in the secondIn the quarter of 2020, the Minister of Energy Olga Buslavets approved the study of the “possible implementation of projects for the production of cryptocurrencies for the production of electricity As a result, Energoatom signed a memorandum on the cooperation with H2 LLC on the construction of a high-end center worth $ 700 million with a large power supply in the Ecuador

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