Energy-thirsty Bitcoin miners seek ways to dump fossil fuels
The Hardin Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant that is also home to the cryptocurrency "mining" operation Big Horn Data Hub, is seen on April 20, 2022, in Hardin, Mont. Energy from burning coal is used to power thousands of computers that are kept on site to produce the digital currency known as bitcoins. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
By AMY BETH HANSON
Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. — For the past year a company that “mines” cryptocurrency had what seemed the ideal location for its thousands of power-thirsty computers working around the clock to verify bitcoin transactions: the grounds of a coal-fired power plant in rural Montana...
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