South Korean 20-Mile Solar ‘Bike Highway’ Generates Electricity
A ‘bike highway’ running between Daejeon and Sejong in South Korea is a sight —or rather, a concept — you surely haven’t thought of before A bicycle lane in the…
Bitcoin energy use in Iceland set to overtake homes, says local firm
Iceland is facing an “exponential” rise in Bitcoin mining that is gobbling up power resources, a spokesman for Icelandic energy firm HS Orka has said. This year, electricity use at…
A colony of blue-green algae can power a computer for six months
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have managed to run a computer for six months, using blue-green algae as a power source. The computer was placed on a windowsill at…
Check out my Solar System!
Solar / Photovoltaics is a project that I started a LONG time ago. The story started like this. I had a weekend/summer getaway house, and inside the community, we all…
Bitcoin’s energy consumption ‘equals that of Switzerland’
Bitcoin uses as much energy as Switzerland, a new online tool from the University of Cambridge shows. The tool makes it easier to see how the crypto-currency network’s energy usage…
Iran seizes 1,000 Bitcoin mining machines after power spike.
According to state TV reports, authorities in Iran have seized roughly 1,000 Bitcoin mining machines from two former factories. The action was taken following a spike in electricity consumption. Power…
