The Energy Problem Texas Isn’t Talking About | Blake King | Compass Podcast

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 https://twitter.com/hhornblower95 Will Foxley https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 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 MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. ✍️ Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices