A group of French legislators is preparing a bill which would allow the use of excess electricity of nuclear power plants to exploit Bitcoin
According to recent public statements.
The proposal would install mining equipment in installations belonging to the elected utility state of France (EDF)According to the media the world. The process would benefit from the excess energy generated by these nuclear power plants.
France is the largest nuclear energy producer in the European Union, according to 2023 Eurostat data. He represented 338,202 hours of Gigawatt, more than half of the total production of the block in 27 countries. The heat produced by nuclear fission is used to produce electricity, but more than two thirds are lost, said the statistics agency.
“It is a secure and extremely profitable solution,” said Aurélien Lopez-Liguori, deputy involved in the drafting of the bill. The project is still in the early stages and follows a previously rejected amendment in June which suggested evaluating the crypto mining contribution to France’s energy mixture.
Pressing excess energy to exploit Bitcoin is not a new concept. In May, Pakistan committed 2,000 megawatts of electricity to operate bitcoin and supply artificial intelligence data centers, taking advantage of coal power plants operating at a capacity of 15%.
Similarly, the main stablecoin Tether transmitter explores the exploration of the BTC using surplus renewable energies of the South American company of the ADECOAGRO agro-industry. TETHER has a 70% stake in ADECOAGRO.
