Episode notes
In this episode we are re-joined by Blake King, a Power Systems Engineer. Blake has extensive experience working on modeling power grids. We dig into decentralized versus centralized mining setups, ERCOT and the Bitcoin mining renewable energy.
Blake King
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Will Foxley
TIMESTAMPS:
Start 00:00
Intro 00:27
Blake's background 02:12
Mining at energy source vs mega mines 05:58
Mining at source w/ containers 07:56
Demand response 11:56
Curtailment coordination 16:44
Different rules for different sizes 20:43
Stranded energy 23:36
Demand/supply issues 28:25
New demand changes the market 29:51
Is Texas over committing to mining? 30:41
Mining w/ renewables 33:32
Cost of solar plus storage 39:11
Coal solar panels 41:05
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