Québec Utility Requests Reallocation Of Electricity Away From Bitcoin panambang

By Bitcoin Majalah - 1 year ago - Waktos maca: 2 menit

Québec Utility Requests Reallocation Of Electricity Away From Bitcoin panambang

Last month, the provincial energy regulator was asked to reallocate 270 megawatts that was set aside for cryptocurrency mining.

The Québec government’s utility company, Hydro-Québec, has requested the reallocation of 270 megawatts of energy set aside for cryptocurrency mining, once again signaling another Canadian government entity’s desire to curtail or modify bitcoin mining in the country. As of December of 2021, Canada ngagaduhan 6.48% tina tingkat hash global according to the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index.

A Bitcoin Artikel majalah ti 2021 rinci sagala rupa tantangan pangaturan di Kanada, kitu ogé operasi suksés anu terus makmur di nagara sanajan ieu. Anyar-anyar ieu, pamaréntah propinsi Manitoba netepkeun hiji Moratorium 18 bulan dina operasi pertambangan anyar. Baheula, Kanada gaduh ngalaman influxes badag tina panambang néangan ngamangpaatkeun kaayaanana kakuatan aya.

Numutkeun kana laporan ku Wall Street Journal, "Hydro-Québec ngecas ongkos panghandapna pikeun kakuatan industri di Amérika Kalér, kalawan harga rata-rata ti April 1 of 3.93 cents per kilowatt-jam... Biaya rata-rata di Amérika Kalér nyaéta 8.22 cents, nurutkeun Hydro- Quebec.”

Paménta éta kanggo disatujuan ku régulator énergi Québec, Régie de l'énergie du Québec, anu dipercaya bakal réngsé dina sababaraha bulan ka hareup. Mindahkeun éta moal ngabatesan kakuatan pikeun firma anu aya di propinsi, tapi tiasa mangaruhan pangwangunan sareng investasi di daérah éta.

Bitcoin miners’ ability to move their equipment does make it possible for operations to shift out of the region to more friendly locations such as Texas or Wyoming, nu bisa jadi conto prima kakuatan pangaturan nguntungkeun. Ieu geus ditémbongkeun saméméhna, paling nyirorot jeung migrasi laju hash kaluar Cina saatos aranjeunna bitcoin mining ban.

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