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El Salvador will use renewable energy from its volcanoes for Bitcoin mining

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, raises the bet of the Central American country for bitcoin. It is no longer only the fact that the cryptocurrency was declared legal tender in this nation, but that they will also have a program dedicated to its mining with geothermal energy.

This Wednesday, June 9, Bukele instructed the company responsible for the generation of geothermal electricity by volcanoes in Salvadoran territory, the state-owned LaGeo, the creation of a Bitcoin mining plan . This was stated via Twitter in the afternoon.

The Salvadoran president’s order seeks “a plan to offer Bitcoin mining facilities with very cheap energy, 100% clean, 100% renewable and with zero emissions, taking advantage of volcanic activity «.

According to the president, engineers from the state company dug a new well that will provide a capacity of around 95 megawatts that will go into Bitcoin mining . In a second message on the social network, Bukele added that they would be developing “a complete Bitcoin mining center around it.”

Associating green mining with bitcoin has become increasingly popular, then that Tesla founder Elon Musk launched a campaign against the alleged energy impact of mining bitcoins. For this reason, Bukele’s plans not only expand the Salvadoran “bitcoiner” policy, but also do so in a timely manner before the public eye .

Data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) place El Salvador as the third country with higher percentage of its energy production from renewable alternatives in Central America at the end of 2020.

However, the same report reviewed by El Economista reflects that, in the particular case of geothermal, there has been no greater growth in installed capacity since 2011, with about 204 megawatts.

In just under one week, El Salvador has become the center of attention for the bitcoiner world. On Saturday June 5, Bukele unveiled his plan to give legal tender status to the cryptocurrency created by Satoshi Nakamoto .

A few days later, as CriptoNoticias had reported, the Assembly of El Salvador approved the project “expressly” of law introduced by President Bukele, turning bitcoin into legal money in the Salvadoran jurisdiction.

Bukele’s bet, which may respond to a potential blockade scenario, has grown larger in Little time. In addition to the mining plan, Bukele had already offered incentives to companies and individuals in the bitcoiner world who were interested in settling in El Salvador.

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Sandra Loyd
Sandra Loyd
Sandra is the Reporter working for World Weekly News. She loves to learn about the latest news from all around the world and share it with our readers.

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