Ghost From the Well: Is Crypto Mining With Associated Gas Better for the Environment?

That makes producing power expensive. Generators producing 1 megawatt of power from such sources can cost up to $700,000. And for a 10-megawatt farm, it would be $5 million, plus $1 million for installation works, Gerasimovich said. “And then, the oil and gas company says, well, sorry, the gas is not stable,” he added.