MicroBT and Heat Core launch pilot for heat recovery from Bitcoin miners

Chip maker MicroBT, in collaboration with Heat Core launched in the United States a pilot project for hydro-cooling mining equipment and heat recovery of the generated heat.

The partners will test three scenarios for convection heating — a fish incubator, a greenhouse, and space heating.

In Heat Core’s integrated modules, heat from mining chips is removed via water cooling. The Pennsylvania-based firm said the process efficiency stands at 95%.

The Heat Core product line enables users to select the required heating capacity.

The company said it aims to mine using environmentally friendly energy.

As part of this policy, Heat Core introduced Methane Green modules for mining the first cryptocurrency on the energy of associated gas. A technology similar to Crusoe or Giga Energy Solutions is used in such installations. In such installations, methane combustion is more complete than in traditional flare systems, reducing emissions of this greenhouse gas.

At the pilot launch ceremony at the Titan Energy Park facility in Bellefonte (Pennsylvania), representatives from industry players such as Duke Energy, Galaxy Digital, Foundry, Bitfarms and Nothern Data attended.

In 2021, authorities in North Vancouver (Canada) announced the conversion of heating for 100 residential and industrial spaces to heat from bitcoin mining.

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