Tag: Bitcoin Mining
Brazil's Wind Giants Are Coming For Bitcoin: Three Operators Poised to Launch Mining Pilots Before Q3 2026 Ends
Brazil lost BRL 6.5 billion to curtailed renewable energy in 2025. Now three of its biggest wind and solar operators are eyeing Bitcoin mining as the most deployable solution available — and Q3 2026 may be the quarter it becomes official.
Brazil's Stranded Power Problem: How Grid Bottlenecks Are Turning Utilities Into Bitcoin Miners
Brazil sits on one of the most abundant renewable energy grids on the planet — nearly 90% clean generation, vast hydroelectric basins and a wind corridor in the Northeast that ranks among the world's cheapest sources of electricity. Yet transmission infrastructure has not kept pace with generation capacity, leaving hundreds of gigawatt-hours of clean electricity stranded every year, curtailed and wasted because the wires simply do not exist to carry it to demand centers. Now, a growing number of Brazilian utilities, energy traders and mining startups are reaching for an unconventional answer: deploy Bitcoin mining rigs directly behind the meter, converting electricity that would otherwise evaporate into digital assets — turning a grid liability into a revenue stream.