Bitcoin mining as an operational hedge for wind farms
Explore how Bitcoin mining acts as an operational hedge for early-build wind farms, increasing modeled project value and reducing downside risk.
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Energy
Analysis of energy systems, electricity markets, flexible demand, infrastructure, and the effects of emerging technologies
Bitcoin energy use - a framework
Explore how Bitcoin mining incentives, energy mix, security, and system boundaries shape credible environmental research.
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Strategic Realignment in Global Offshore Wind Development
In an August 2026 Norges Bank Investment Management podcast, Ørsted CEO Rasmus Errboe details the offshore wind sector’s transition from rapid cost reduction to a period of severe macroeconomic and regulatory volatility.
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The Architecture of Global Abundance
In the August 19, 2026, episode of the Century of Plenty Podcast, Sven Smit, Chris Bradley, Nick Leung, and Marc Canal argue that achieving an 8.5x global economy is constrained by cultural mindsets and regulatory friction rather than physical limits.
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Private Capital and the Expanding Global Infrastructure Opportunity
On August 12, 2026, McKinsey & Company's Inside the Strategy Room features Alastair Green and Adrian Kwok arguing that global infrastructure investment of $106 trillion through 2040 is shifting from public funding toward private capital.
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Crypto-carbon connectedness across market states and horizons
Explore how state- and horizon-dependent volatility spillovers reshape crypto-carbon risk and limit universal safe-haven claims.
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The Grid as the Binding Constraint on AI Compute Growth
In the August 15, 2026 episode of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, Ramez Naam argues that electricity delivery infrastructure, rather than generation capacity or energy cost, is the binding constraint on AI buildout.
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AI Data Centers and the Politics of Legitimacy
The August 4, 2026 episode of The Ezra Klein Show features Jasmine Sun examining the growing political backlash against AI data centers.
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Bitcoin Mining at the Energy Edge
The July 7, 2026 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Stephen Barbour describing Bitcoin mining as flexible load for upstream energy production.
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Off-Grid Bitcoin Mining and Data Sovereignty
The February 27, 2026 episode of The Bitcoin Way features HODL Tarantula explaining how modular, off-grid Bitcoin mining infrastructure monetizes stranded energy while avoiding grid and regulatory chokepoints.
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Bitcoin Mining’s Shift Toward AI Infrastructure
The January 30, 2026 episode of the Galaxy Brains podcast features Will Foxley explaining how compressed Bitcoin mining margins are accelerating a pivot toward AI data center infrastructure.
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AI Infrastructure, Power Constraints, and the Next Global Race
The January 27, 2026 episode of the Peter H. Diamandis Podcast features the Moonshot panel looking at Davos 2026 and examining how artificial intelligence has moved from a sectoral technology to a system-shaping force.
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