Japan is following in the footsteps of Texas. The Japanese energy company TEPCO has teamed up with the semiconductor manufacturer TRIPLE-1 with a view to recovering its surplus renewable energy.
Big in Japan
The Tokyo Electric Power Company was before its nationalization the largest private electricity producer in the world. The company operates eleven nuclear reactors, hydroelectric power stations, wind farms, a geothermal power station and several thermal power stations.
The energy giant comes to announce that it will now secure the Bitcoin network with its surplus renewable energy. To do this, he will use the machines of Triple-1, a company specializing in semiconductors.
Like the Chinese Bitmain, Triple-1 produces ASICs specially dedicated to bitcoin mining. These machines are equipped with 7 nm chips manufactured by the Taiwanese TSMC.
This “Kamikaze II” ASIC consumes 28 watts per TH/s. Just as good as Bitmain’s best model, the S19 Pro. A fleet of 1300 kamikazes representing a power of 1.5 MW is already installed in Tokyo.
More specifically, it is Agile Energy X, a subsidiary of Tepco, which will oversee the operations. And from the photos provided in his communicatedwill be made using containers that are easily transportable to where the excess electricity is located:
Bitcoin to beef up the power grid
TEPCO’s stated objective is to exploit its renewable energy surpluses more efficiently throughout Japan. Indeed, the energy mix and the Japanese electricity grid are such that surpluses are common:
“For example, in the case of solar energy, supply can easily exceed demand when electricity production is concentrated on sunny days and the electrical energy produced cannot be used. »
TEPCO also points out that it is often difficult to transport electricity due to grid congestion.
These imperfections are linked to the deployment of renewable energy which has qualities, but also the defect of being unpredictable. Renewable energy therefore often duplicates other sources of electricity that are difficult to control, such as nuclear power.
Hence the idea of using bitcoin mining to harness electricity that would otherwise be wasted. This is exactly what Texas is doing, which uses bitcoin miners to make its electricity network profitable and finely manage demand thanks to erasure clauses.
The BTC mining industry has two great strengths. It can set up anywhere and cease operations in a fraction of a second during peak demand.
And during this time, in France, the boss of Exaion, a subsidiary of EDF, declares that he will not launch “never in bitcoin mining”preferring to run Ethereum nodes…
Nobody should be surprised to find themselves in the dark this winter when we see the level of reflection of the amateurs who run EDF today.
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