{"id":68942,"date":"2022-10-21T17:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T14:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=68942"},"modified":"2025-09-07T17:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:03:13","slug":"microbt-and-heat-core-launch-pilot-for-heat-recovery-from-bitcoin-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/microbt-and-heat-core-launch-pilot-for-heat-recovery-from-bitcoin-miners\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroBT and Heat Core launch pilot for heat recovery from Bitcoin miners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chip maker MicroBT, in collaboration with Heat Core <a href=\"https:\/\/heatcore.tech\/2022\/10\/20\/microbt-and-heat-core-inaugurate-first-hydro-cooling-and-heat-recovery-pilot-in-usa\/\">launched<\/a> in the United States a pilot project for hydro-cooling mining equipment and <span data-descr=\"the heat-recovery process\" class=\"old_tooltip\">heat recovery<\/span> of the generated heat.<\/p>\n<p>The partners will test three scenarios for convection heating \u2014 a fish incubator, a greenhouse, and space heating.<\/p>\n<p>In Heat Core&#8217;s integrated modules, heat from mining chips is removed via water cooling. The Pennsylvania-based firm said the process efficiency stands at 95%.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat Core product line enables users to select the required heating capacity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/JFsDSakAPpdOIRWjlCTg-FQYbTcU0MZ7zh6jd74n-8n_tPT4sfMFOyfx9Z-R8HwqJfJc6RpvLM7ATHl7U1I_LWyCi4_CGySYjyInoEi2PYfe3ZhUigsm97HbDUMSElxnBX6yGYvKlTDhr3HAlQKIgIZTaGieQH8vQs9pWr6RQBtba201b_Su1QYYZA\" alt=\"Chipmaker MicroBT and Heat Core launch pilot for heat recovery from Bitcoin miners\"\/><figcaption>Heat Core installation based on MicroBT miners in a production facility. Demonstration image. Source: Heat Core.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The company said it aims to mine using environmentally friendly energy.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bloomberg-exxonmobil-involved-in-bitcoin-mining-using-flare-gas\">Crusoe<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-miners-earned-4-million-mining-bitcoin-by-burning-natural-gas\">Giga Energy Solutions<\/a> is used in such installations. In such installations, methane combustion is more complete than in traditional flare systems, reducing emissions of this greenhouse gas.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, authorities in North Vancouver (Canada) announced the conversion of heating for 100 residential and industrial spaces to heat from bitcoin mining.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The miner maker MicroBT and Heat Core launched in the United States a pilot project for hydro-cooling mining equipment and heat recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,1728],"class_list":["post-68942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-microbt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"26","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68944,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68942\/revisions\/68944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}