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分析师称杜克能源公司正在研究 Bitcoin 采矿应用于需求响应
根据杜克能源公司的领先率和监管策略分析师，美国第二大能源公司目前正在研究 bitcoin mining. Lead analyst Justin Orkney said that a bitcoin demand response (DR) study was being worked on and the energy firm is partnered with bitcoin miners that are enrolled in Duke’s DR programs.
The Second Largest U.S. Energy Corporation Is Researching Bitcoin 采矿
最新的 ”Bitcoin, Energy and the Environment” podcast with Troy Cross, called “Duke Energy is studying bitcoin,” features Justin Orkney, the lead rates and regulatory strategy analyst at the energy corporation. In the episode, Orkney and the podcast host discuss “bitcoin’s utility” and “really interesting opportunities” that pertain to energy demand response programs.
Basically, DR gives energy consumers the ability to operate the grid more efficiently by reducing or shifting loads. For instance, with bitcoin mining, by being able to “strategically locate miners on the system — There’s an opportunity to partner with these types of customers,” Orkney said. While a majority of the conversation details Orkney’s background in Solar and pilot studies on demand response, the analyst notes how bitcoin mining could be a powerful technology when it comes to DR components.
奥克尼在采访中强调，一些 杜克能源 （纽约证券交易所代码： 杜克) customers were bitcoin miners. “We do have existing customers on our system,” Orkney explained to the show’s host. “They are voluntarily enrolled in our demand response programs. Those consist of basically agreeing to curtail usage at particular hours of the year when we call events.”
“Bitcoin Mining Appears to Be That Really Powerful Demand Response Technology’
In the U.S., most of the infrastructure such as transformers and transmission lines are more than two decades old. DR programs can allow grid customers, some of which can be bitcoin miners, to help the utilities manage peak demand. Insufficient transmission capacity can be managed more effectively in order to make old infrastructure more reliable. Orkney said that it’s possible that bitcoin mining could be a technologically advanced DR method.
“Bitcoin mining appears to be that really powerful demand response technology where they can be humming at a 100% power factor, or using the same amount of electricity all day long which is called flatline, and then within a matter of minutes they can decrease their usage at kind of a pinpoint precision level and hold it for however long they want to and then bring it right back up,” Orkney said.
Bitcoin mining has received a lot of 负面的关注 在过去的一年中，有关该行业的 能源利用 作为网络 据说 consumes 91 terawatt-hours of electricity annually. However, a number of bitcoin believe concerns about BTC在采矿方面的能源消耗被夸大了。 此外，最近发表的一篇 根据一项研究， 表明 Bitcoin network leverages 50 times less energy than the traditional banking system.
此外，环境、社会和治理 (ESG) 分析师 Daniel Batten 发表了 报告 这表明 bitcoin mining could potentially eliminate a significant amount of leaked methane and stressed that no technology could do it better. Batten’s study shows that Bitcoin could strategically eliminate 0.15% of global CO2-eq emissions by 2045.
杜克总部位于北卡罗来纳州夏洛特，向大约 7.5千万 电气零售客户，并在六个州开展业务。 这家美国电力和天然气控股公司管理着 58,200 兆瓦的电力，奥克尼解释说，杜克是美国第二大能源公司，如果不是特定行业最大的话。
除了杜克能源公司，报告显示能源和天然气巨头喜欢 埃克森美孚（Exxon Mobil） （纽约证券交易所代码： 埃克森美孚（XOM）), Equinor, 地理及 康菲公司 探索过 bitcoin mining solutions in the energy industry as well.
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