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Background on Greenidge Generation
Greenidge is an old coal power plant with an already bad environmental history. It was converted to a gas-fired plant for use as a “peaker plant”- to be used only when excess energy was needed by the grid, and not run continually.
Now, its out of state owners at Atlas Holdings want to expand operations by proposing an increase of 700% from historical use for a privately owned bitcoin operation which would consume enough power to fuel more than 90,000 homes.
That’s bigger than 2 of Amazon’s immense data centers; all so millionaire Private Equity guys in Connecticut can generate 5 bitcoins per day.
Greenidge is using a 67-year old steam turbine that operates at 35% efficiency and should have been retired decades ago (by comparison modern turbines operate at 65% efficiency).
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Rally June 5th at the DEC Region 8 headquarters in Avon. The DEC failed the Finger Lakes when it declined to intervene in the repowering of the Greenidge fossil fuel plant, they failed us when they reissued the old coal-fired power plant permits – that pre-date the Clean Water Act – to a new facility, […]
Read MoreAimed at both FLX Businesses and residents and hosted by Seneca Lake Guardian, this comprehensive Webinar answers these questions: What is Bitcoin Mining? How might it affect my community? What are the potential environmental and economic impacts of Bitcoin? What are the impacts for NY State? What can I do about it? View the Webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGnN7JqpoZA What […]
Read MoreJoin us May 29th-31st in conducting a fish health survey during the National Lake Trout Derby on Seneca Lake. Members of Seneca Lake Guardian, Committee to Preserve the Finger Lakes and Sierra Club Finger Lakes are helping to collect data on the health of the fish population in Seneca Lake. We are sharing the data […]
Read MoreTHIS SATURDAY APRIL 17TH AT 2:00 PM Starting Point: Seneca Street in Dresden – Small Parking Lot by the start of the Keuka Outlet Trail Dear Friends,We learned over the weekend that the Torrey Town Board, despite what they said at their last meeting (about holding a special meeting for Greenidge later in the month), […]
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