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“Surviving” Renewable Bitcoin Mining With Soluna's Dipuo Patel

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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Dipuo Patel, CTO of Soluna, joins us to talk about renewable-powered Bitcoin mining operations, including Soluna's Project Annie - a 75MW solar-powered data center in northeast Texas. We dive into the challenges of behind-the-meter renewable mining, curtailment solutions, production tax credits, and how Bitcoin mining can solve renewable energy's biggest problems.

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Notes:

- Project Annie: 75MW data center, 140MW solar farm

- Texas has massive renewable energy scale

- Production tax credits incentivize green energy

- Behind-the-meter regulations are complex

- Wind farms often run at 30-40% capacity

- Battery storage too expensive for Bitcoin mining

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:51 Green energy

07:34 Behind the meter

10:36 Markets other than Texas

14:01 Renewable energy credits

17:05 Project Annie

19:33 Tax credit rules

26:38 Renewables, AI & uptime

33:16 Owning vs service provider

37:11 Headwinds for renewables

44:43 Batteries

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FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Dipuo Patel, CTO of Soluna, joins us to talk about renewable-powered Bitcoin mining operations, including Soluna's Project Annie - a 75MW solar-powered data center in northeast Texas. We dive into the challenges of behind-the-meter renewable mining, curtailment solutions, production tax credits, and how Bitcoin mining can solve renewable energy's biggest problems.

Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com

Notes:

- Project Annie: 75MW data center, 140MW solar farm

- Texas has massive renewable energy scale

- Production tax credits incentivize green energy

- Behind-the-meter regulations are complex

- Wind farms often run at 30-40% capacity

- Battery storage too expensive for Bitcoin mining

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:51 Green energy

07:34 Behind the meter

10:36 Markets other than Texas

14:01 Renewable energy credits

17:05 Project Annie

19:33 Tax credit rules

26:38 Renewables, AI & uptime

33:16 Owning vs service provider

37:11 Headwinds for renewables

44:43 Batteries

👉 Fractal Bitcoin, Reduces up to 50% of your pool fee. No new hardware, no extra energy.

And it’s easy. FB rewards go straight to your existing Bitcoin wallet address. Over 50% of Bitcoin’s hashpower is already merge mining Fractal. Get more from the same resources — start on Fractal today!

👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power!

Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS.

👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions!

Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact [email protected]

Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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