Bitcoin, crypto, and batchable computing – could they be the keys to scaling the renewables sector?
John Belizaire, CEO at Soluna Computing, sits down with experts to discuss the path to making renewables the primary, most affordable energy source.
Soluna (Nasdaq: SLNH) develops integrated, utility-scale projects that combine renewable energy power plants with high-performance computing facilities–turning curtailed or wasted energy into profits.
The US passed the largest climate bill in American history this summer: The Inflation Reduction Act. With new energy sources, will come new challenges for our already-struggling grid.
Now more than ev…
Soluna CEO John Belizaire meets with Catherine McLean, who has spent the past decade plus working in clean energy recruitment.
Catherine is the founder and CEO of Dylan Green, a strategic talent acqu…
Can Bitcoin catalyze the transition to renewable energy?
Troy Cross joins us in this episode to discuss. Troy is a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. He holds a PhD in Philosophy, and is a profe…
Soluna Computing CEO John Belizaire is joined by Eliza Gkritsi and Aoyon Ashraf, journalists at CoinDesk.
Eliza and Aoyon both cover crypto mining for the digital-currency-focused new site, CoinDesk…
John Belizaire, CEO at Soluna Computing, sits down with Ali Chehrehsaz, the Co-founder and CEO of TerraVerde Energy, an independent energy advisor representing school districts, public agencies, and …
John Belizaire, CEO at Soluna Computing, sits down with Margot Paez, a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute specializing in renewable energy and environmental studies, to discuss the need for educa…
At Soluna, we’ve always been interested in innovative solutions to some of renewable energy’s toughest problems.
Last year, we wrote a series on our blog covering a few environmentally-sound companie…
Intermittency.
It’s a fancy word for describing this unique circumstance in renewable energy where the wind does not always blow and the sun does not always shine.
It’s a major problem in the economi…
Bitcoin’s energy consumption is a feature, not a bug.
(This is what I testified before Congress in January 2022 when I had the opportunity to make the case for crypto mining as a catalyst for renewab…
Recently, I talked about How Clean Energy Can Further the Mass Adoption of Crypto with Blockworks.
I explained that Bitcoin is not just a store of value, but a catalyst for renewable energy developme…
Soluna has recently secured $35 million in project financing to continue our mission of developing green data centers co-located with renewable energy assets.
We’re honored to have a pioneering sustai…
In this episode, we’re talking about digitalization and energy.
Peter Kelly-Detwiler, author and energy expert, joins Soluna CEO John Belizaire to discuss the digitization of the energy grid over the …
Bill Nussey and John Belizaire both share a passion for solving the climate crisis and driving the clean energy revolution.
Their approaches differ–Bill has been dedicated to ramping up local-scale s…
In February 2021, an extreme winter storm, the coldest in the last 50 years, caused a massive electricity generation failure in the state of Texas.
It’s been referred to as The Great Texas Freeze.
Th…
In our last episode, we dove into the ongoing debate over crypto mining regulation and the types of incentives that could stabilize the grid and catalyze clean power growth.
In this episode, we exami…
Lawmakers are ramping up pressure on Bitcoin miners who use fossil fuels to operate.
On January 20, 2022, CEO John Belizaire was invited to testify at the House Oversight Subcommittee hearing called,…
We’ll be launching a new season of our podcast this month.
(You might be familiar with previous Soluna podcast seasons, known as The Kingdom. )
This season, we’re focused on exploring the nexus of com…
In this episode, we are talking to Andy Edstrom, CFA, CFP is a financial advisor and also Head of Institutional at Swan Bitcoin. He may be best known in Bitcoin for authoring the book Why Buy Bitcoin…
In this episode, we’re looking ahead at the role of government and technological innovation in the future of renewable energy. John, CEO of Soluna talks to Jonathan (Jonny) Sultoon, the Head of Marke…
What solutions do batteries offer to renewable energy’s biggest problem?
In this episode, Jeff Bishop, CEO, and co-founder of KeyCapture Energy, a utility-scale battery provider, talked to John Beliza…