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Siemens Energy Stock Loses 35% as Review of Issues at Subsidiary Shows Wind Turbine Problems Could Last for Years

Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch said that “too much had been swept under the carpet” concerning Siemens Gamesa. Shares of Siemens Energy declined 35% earlier today as the company discarded its profit prediction and mentioned lasting wind turbine issues. Following a review of concerns at its subsidiary Siemens Gamesa, the company

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BTC Miners Need Low Electricity Costs, Sustainable Energy Mix to Survive: JPMorgan

“Vulnerable” miners, including Core Scientific (CORZQ), Argo Blockchain (ARB) and Iris Energy (IREN) have struggled to survive due to a “combination of falling bitcoin prices, rising debt servicing costs and rising electricity costs,” the analysts wrote. Miners with higher electricity costs have been facing losses due to falling bitcoin prices

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Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Revives High-Performance Computing Strategy Amid Booming Interest in AI

Given recent developments, "the time may be right to expand into this sector," using either Iris Energy's existing sites or the ones under construction, the company said. The miner has procured items with long lead times to expand to build out another 100 megawatt (MW) facility, which would bring its

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Arkon Energy Enters U.S. With Ohio Data Center Site Purchase, $26M in Fresh Funding

The company, which uses renewable electricity to mine bitcoin (BTC), also raised $26 million in fresh capital from Sandton Capital Partners, which it intends to use to fund an "aggressive expansion" into North America, according to an announcement shared with CryptoX on Tuesday. That's on top of the $28 million

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Quantum miners would yield ‘massive’ energy savings for blockchain: Study

A pair of scientists from the University of Kent’s School of Computing in the United Kingdom recently conducted a study comparing energy consumption rates for current ASIC-based miners to proposed quantum-based solutions.According to the team’s preprint research paper, the systems utilizing quantum computing demonstrably outperformed standard mining rigs in energy

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El Salvador’s Bitcoin miner Volcano Energy launches with $250M investment

A public-private partnership in El Salvador pledging to pump $1 billion into creating a Bitcoin (BTC) mining farm has received its first $250 million. This first release of funds kickstarts a 241-megawatt (MW) power generation park in the country’s Metapán region.Volcano Energy, the company behind the site, said the funds

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