Limiting crypto helped the Texas power grid weather a heat wave

Bitcoin mining operators in Texas shut down their electricity-guzzling machines. Nearly all industrial-scale mining in the state powered down, an industry association says. Texas has become one of the go-to locations for cryptocurrency entrepreneurs. Extreme weather events, largely driven by climate change, have continued to strain Texas’s power system. A study estimated that bitcoin emitted between 22 and 29 million metric tons of carbon dioxide during the previous year. “I don’t think it single-handedly saved” the grid, an energy expert says, but it was part of a suite of actions across energy consumers that helped keep the grid stable, he says. The action wasn’T a “silver bullet” for electricity concerns, Source