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  2. How Much Energy Does Bitcoin Use? - AOL

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    As of September 2020, researchers at the Cambridge Center of Alternative Finance (CCAF) found that 62% of global miners relied on hydropower, 38% used coal, and 39% used some combination of wind ...

  3. Environmental impact of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    Bitcoin mining facility in Quebec, Canada. The environmental impact of bitcoin is significant. Bitcoin mining, the process by which bitcoins are created and transactions are finalized, is energy-consuming and results in carbon emissions, as about half of the electricity used in 2021 was generated through fossil fuels. [1]

  4. Proof of work - Wikipedia

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    Studies have estimated the total energy consumption of cryptocurrency mining. [27] The PoW mechanism requires a vast amount of computing resources, which consume a significant amount of electricity. 2018 estimates from the University of Cambridge equate bitcoin's energy consumption to that of Switzerland. [5]

  5. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    As of 2022, a non-peer-reviewed study by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) estimated that bitcoin mining represented 0.4% of global electricity consumption. [84] Another 2022 non-peer-reviewed commentary published in Joule estimated that bitcoin mining was responsible for 0.2% of world greenhouse gas emissions. [ 85 ]

  6. US energy data agency to track crypto mining power use - AOL

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    The EIA said it plans to launch a survey next week of select bitcoin miners, which will be required to respond with their energy use details, as part of an emergency data collection request ...

  7. AI's race for US energy butts up against bitcoin mining - AOL

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    Currently, data centers account for about 1%-1.3% of global electricity consumption, versus crypto mining's roughly 0.4%, according to the International Energy Agency. That disparity is expected ...

  8. File:Bitcoin electricity consumption.svg - Wikipedia

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  9. Texas Bitcoin miner sues feds over energy survey: ‘We don’t ...

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    Following last week's injunction, the EIA agreed to voluntarily suspend its emergency survey of energy use by 82 bitcoin mining companies until March 22, and sequester the data it has thus far ...