可再生能源和加密货币:经济可行性和环境可持续性的双重方法
Ali Hakimi1, Mohammad-Mahdi Pazuki1, Mohsen Salimi2
1Department of Energy System Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, No. 15, Pardis St., Molasadra Ave., Vanak Sq., Tehran, Iran.
Heliyon
|January 3, 2025
概括
在阿联,利用可再生太阳能用于比特币挖矿,比向电网出售电力更快地获得投资回报,同时显著减少碳排放.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 可再生能源系统可再生能源系统
- 加密货币技术 加密货币技术
背景情况:
- 比特币的工作证明机制带来了大量的能源消耗和环境挑战.
- 比特币挖矿越来越受欢迎的原因是某些地区的能源和货币成本较低.
- 加密货币开采对环境的影响需要可持续的操作替代方案.
研究的目的:
- 评估使用可再生能源用于比特币挖矿的经济可行性和环境效益.
- 为了比较太阳能比特币挖矿操作的投资回报率 (ROI) 与向电网出售电力.
- 通过采用可再生能源在比特币挖矿中量化二氧化碳 (CO2) 排放的潜在减少.
主要方法:
- 一个50.91兆瓦的太阳能光伏发电厂与阿拉伯联合长国的比特币采矿运营集成的模拟.
- 经济分析使用全面的历史数据来建模现实投资场景.
- 两个收入来源的比较评估:比特币挖矿与电网电力销售.
主要成果:
- 一个在2020年初启动的以太阳能为动力的比特币挖矿系统,投资4200万美元,可以在约3.5年内实现成本回收.
- 将产生的太阳能发电出售给电网,为该发电厂带来了更长的ROI周期8.1年.
- 采用可再生太阳能用于比特币开采,有可能每年防止大约5万的二氧化碳排放.
结论:
- 与传统电网电力销售相比,集成太阳能等可再生能源为比特币挖矿提供了更有利于经济和环境的可持续模式.
- 该研究表明,通过对可再生能源基础设施的战略投资,可以明确减轻比特币挖矿对环境的影响.
- 这些发现支持大型可再生能源部署用于加密货币运营的可行性,为加密货币运营提供了显著的碳排放减少.
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