Who Needs Coal When You Have Cow Dung? Cryptocurrency Mining Goes Brown
Proof-of-Work (PoW) cryptocurrency mining has been the subject of bad press in recent times. Critics argue that excessive energy consumption, and its use of fossil fuels, are wasteful and causing irreparable damage to the environment. But, UK-based entrepreneur Josh Riddett hopes to change that with his renewable energy business, which turns cow dung into energy […]
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Who’s going to put leftover coal to use powering the world’s most incredible financial network? Bitcoin, that’s who. Another day, another story about bitcoin mining actually protecting the environment in a practical way. This time we travel to the previously-abandoned Panther Creek Energy Facility in coal country, Pennsylvania. Stronghold Digital Mining purchased it and, besides […]
On Tuesday, Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc., an ESG-friendly cryptocurrency miner announced it has raised $105 million in two private equity securities funding rounds. Stronghold’s operations convert waste coal into alternative energy in order to mine bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. ESG-Friendly Crypto Miner Turns Coal Waste to Bitcoin, Operation Raises $100M While many have been focused on the environmental concerns stemming from outdated reports and maps, a number of ESG-friendly cryptocurrency mining firms have been making moves in the industry. Stronghold Digital Mining is a....
In a bid to make crypto mining more environmentally friendly, Stronghold Digital Mining is turning harmful waste from coal mining into clean energy to power Bitcoin miners. Stronghold Digital Mining (SDIG), a crypto mining company in Pennsylvania, is turning waste from old power plants into energy to power hundreds of Bitcoin mining rigs.The company collects coal refuse, a leftover waste material from the process of coal mining, and burns it in what it says is an emissions-controlled environment at its energy generation facilities.Coal refuse can cause a raft of environmental problems,....
Stronghold, a bitcoin mining company that claims to eliminate 200 tons of waste coal for each bitcoin mined, has raised $105 million.
Stronghold Digital Mining has raised more than $100 million in two private placements supporting its model for sustainable Bitcoin mining. The Pennsylvania-based Stronghold Digital Mining has announced the completion of two private equity securities raises worth $105 million.According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the firm’s first power generation facility, the Scrubgrass Generation Plant in Venango County, converts waste coal into energy on a scale equivalent to “a large-scale hydropower plant” that is then used to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The waste coal....