Crypto miners hauv Texas kaw lawv cov haujlwm ua ntej ntawm lub tshav kub nthwv dej ntau tus cia siab tias yuav sim cov kev txwv ntawm lub xeev lub zog hluav taws xob.
Qhov kev thov kom kaw yog los ntawm lub koom haum nonprofit Electric Reliability Council of Texas raws li kev siv hluav taws xob nce siab ntawm 78,206 megawatts thaum Lub Xya Hli 8, 2022, tshaj qhov siab dhau los ntawm 77,460 MW peb hnub dhau los. ERCOT tau tshaj tawm tsab ntawv tshaj tawm rau nws 26 lab tus neeg siv khoom, txhawb lawv kom txuag hluav taws xob hauv kev cia siab tias yuav muaj plaub qhov cua sov rau lub caij ntuj sov no.
Lub tshav kub nthwv dej tau pib dhau ib lub lis piam dhau los, nrog rau qhov kub thiab txias hauv Dallas tshaj 100 degrees Fahrenheit txij thaum Lub Xya Hli 3.
Nyob rau lub sijhawm muaj kev xav tau ntau ntxiv, cov neeg ua haujlwm crypto hauv lub xeev Lone Star yuav tsum tau kaw cov haujlwm kom txo tau txoj kev pheej hmoo ntawm kev cuam tshuam tseem ceeb vim tias muaj. tsis muaj built-in reserve peev xwm ntawm Texan daim phiaj. Mining yog cov txheej txheem siv lub zog siv los ntawm qhov "nodes" ntawm blockchain khwv tau cryptocurrency rau kev ruaj ntseg blockchain network. Mining yog ua tiav siv cov khoos phis tawj muaj zog uas siv lub zog loj. Ib qho ntawm cov qauv saum toj kawg nkaus, lub Bitmain Antminer S19 Pro, siv 3,250 W ntawm hluav taws xob.
raws li Lee Bratcher ntawm Texas Blockchain Association, kev lag luam mining kev lag luam suav txog 1,000 MW ntawm lub zog raug muab tua, ua kom muaj peev xwm muaj rau cov khw muag khoom thiab kev lag luam.
Argo Blockchain PLC, uas nyob rau lub Tsib Hlis 2022 tau txais kev qiv nyiaj los ntawm New York Digital Investment Group los nthuav nws 200 MW qhov chaw nyob hauv Dickens County, twb tau kaw haujlwm lawm, raws li tus nom tweet. Riot Blockchain ncua kev ua haujlwm ntawm lawv Rockdale qhov chaw thaum Lub Rau Hli 9 tab sis rov pib qhov mining 14 teev tom qab. Bloomberg lus ceeb toom tias lub tuam txhab tau kaw nws cov chaw tom qab los teb rau ERCOT cov lus tshaj tawm tshiab. Core Scientific kuj tau tshem tawm cov mining.
Deregulation tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv huab cua phem
Kev nce nqi zog thiab kev lag luam crypto txiaj uas tau pib ua ntej lub xyoo no tuaj yeem txo cov txiaj ntsig zoo rau cov miners loj, ntau tus neeg tau teeb tsa lub khw hauv Texas vim yog kev cai lij choj tus phooj ywg thiab lub zog tsis muaj zog.
Lub deregulation ntawm daim phiaj nyob rau hauv 1999 yog ob-edged ntaj. Thaum nws txo qis tus nqi thiab muab cov neeg siv khoom xaiv ntau dua, nws tsis muaj cov lus qhia meej txog kev sib zog ntawm daim phiaj tiv thaiv huab cua phem. ERCOT tau tsim nyob rau hauv kev saib xyuas ntawm Public Utility Commission los pab tswj cov lag luam wholesale hluav taws xob, tab sis ob lub cev tsis muaj kev lav phib xaub.
Crypto mining tuam txhab tseem tab tom nce hauv Texas
Raws li ib tug tsis ntev los no xovxwm tso tawm, Riot Blockchain xa tag nrho nws 23,000 S19 miners nyob rau lub Rau Hli ntawm nws qhov chaw Whinstone hauv Rockdale. Nws pib koom nrog ERCOT's Four Coincident Peak ("4CP") pib thaum Lub Rau Hli 2022. Hauv txoj haujlwm no, cov neeg ua haujlwm miner tau lees paub ERCOT cov lus thov kom txo qis kev siv hluav taws xob thaum lub caij ntuj sov. Thaum Lub Rau Hli 2022, lub tuam txhab txo nws cov kev siv hluav taws xob rau 8,648 MW-teev.
Hauv tsab ntawv ceeb toom rau cov tub ua lag luam thaum kawg Lub Rau Hli 2022, Tub Ntxhais Kev Tshawb Fawb Tshaj tawm tias nws ua haujlwm ntau dua 180,000 tus tswv thiab cov tshuab mining, hu ua ASICs, thiab muaj cov phiaj xwm tseem ceeb los nthuav ntxiv mus rau Texas thiab Oklahoma hauv 2022.
ERCOT cia siab tias qhov kev thov hluav taws xob rau crypto mining yuav nce 6 MW los ntawm nruab nrab xyoo 2023.
Disclaimer
Txhua yam ntaub ntawv muaj nyob hauv peb lub vev xaib raug tshaj tawm hauv kev ntseeg zoo thiab rau cov ncauj lus dav dav xwb. Txhua yam kev ua txhaum ntawm tus nyeem ntawv yuav siv raws li cov xov xwm pom ntawm peb lub vev xaib yog nruj ntawm lawv tus kheej txoj kev pheej hmoo.
Tau qhov twg los: https://beincrypto.com/texas-crypto-miners-switch-off-heatwave-threatens-power-grid/