Tokyo-based energy company TEPCO has decided to mine Bitcoin using excess solar energy. 🚀
- Agile Energy X, a subsidiary of TEPCO, has set up mining rigs near solar farms in Gunma and Tochigi prefectures.
- Japan wasted 1,920 gigawatt-hours of energy in 2023 due to production restrictions.
- Using 10% of this energy for mining could generate $2.5 billion per year.
Source: Daniel Batten