On The Brink with Castle Island

Andrew Myers and Brock Peterson (Satoshi Energy) on Monetizing Renewables with Bitcoin (EP.305)

Apr 11, 2022

50:48

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Is There a Need for More Flexibility on the Grid?

02:01

Coin Mining

01:58

Choosing the Right Sights for Energy Markets in the United States

02:40

Introduction

2min

How Did You Get Started With Bi Coin Mining?

3min

Are You Providing Hosting of a Structure for Bit Coin Miners?

2min

The Collocation Model Is Most Economical for the Miners

4min

The Importance of Going Behind the Meter

2min

Is the Renewable Energy a Good Idea?

3min

Choosing the Right Sights for Energy Markets in the United States

3min

How Much Does Monotization Change the Sort of Cor Economics?

2min

Compass Mining - The World's First and Largest on Line Market Place for Bitcoin Mining

2min

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Is There a Need for More Flexibility on the Grid?

2min

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Is There a Future in the Flexible Computing Market?

3min

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Energy Market Solutions - Real Time Pricing

2min

13.

Energy Prices Are Coming Down, You Know?

3min

14.

The Texas Model Is Not So Broken After All

2min

15.

Coin Mining

2min

16.

Is the Future of Biin Mining More Vertically Integrated?

2min

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Energy Companies Are Starting to Understand Bit Coin

2min

18.

Energy Companies Are Used to Selling Electrons

2min

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Is the Existence of Bitcoin a Good Idea?

3min

20.

Is the Hash Rate Going to Lead Exchange Rate?

2min

21.

Is Ercot a Tem Plate for Renewables?

2min

22.

The Ercot Market Could Double in Size in the Next Five to Ten Years

1min

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Energy Markets

3min

Andrew Myers and Brock Petersen of Satoshi Energy join the show to cover how Bitcoin mining monetizes renewables. In this episode we cover:

Andrew and Brock’s origin story
How Satoshi Energy develops sites and infrastructure for miners
Is Satoshi Energy explicitly renewable focused?
How mining with intermittent renewables can be economical
How Bitcoin mining improves the economics of renewables
The merits of the behind the meter approach
How using Bitcoin as an offtake improves the economics of renewable generation assets
The role of demand response as renewables account for more generation
Does Bitcoin actually incentivize renewable generation?
Is the future of Bitcoin mining vertically integrated?
What does the interconnection queue tell us about the future of renewables?
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