Proponents of Bitcoin argue that demand for electricity from Bitcoin miners can lead to an increase in renewable … electricity capacity. We rigorously evaluate this claim by estimating a Bitcoin electricity demand curve and include this demand … curve in a long-run model of the Texas electricity market. We find that while Bitcoin mining can indeed increase renewable …

While early literature on electricity externalities was largely concerned with fossil fuel power generation and the … countries have started reconsidering their energy policies, and the externalities from electricity generation play a major role … in the benefit-cost analysis of relevant options. This paper reviews the literature on electricity-related externalities …