![]() ![]() ![]() The commission also surveyed local governments to see if any have crypto mining rules and asked whether they wanted to be informed when the commission is notified of or finds crypto mining occurring at a well in their jurisdiction. In July, the commission had a briefing session, in conjunction with the state Air Pollution Control Division, to explain to companies what regulations to follow and forms to file. ![]() (Photos by Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America) Crypto miners are always looking for cheap electricity to power their energy-hungry computers.īitcoin mining computers that are powered with energy from natural gas. Drillers focused on producing oil have to find something to do with the natural gas that also comes out of the well. The marriage of old oil and gas and trendy cryptocurrency is one of convenience. The pump jack wells are tied to natural gas generators powering trailers filled with bitcoin mining computers, linking this remote valley to the global cryptocurrency market. JACKSON COUNTY - Tan pump jacks, 140-year-old oil field technology, bob up and down amid the purple sage in this rural corner of Colorado, lifting oil from deep below and also fueling a very 21st century frenzy: cryptocurrency mining. (Andrew Klooster, Special to The Colorado Sun) Not visible to the naked eye, the infrared version captures the evidence of heat with plumes of hydrocarbon emissions being carried away off site. Infrared video, taken from the FLIR GF320 camera, shows the emissions from the stacks at the D90 natural gas production site July 26 in Jackson County along Highway 14 outside Walden. Oil and gas, cryptocurrency miners are Colorado’s new odd couple Close ![]()
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