Hawkesbury Brewing Co, based in Lisarow on New South Wales’ Central Coast in Australia, has integrated 16 Bitcoin miners directly into its brewing operations. The miners are submerged in non-conductive liquid heated to approximately 90°C, and the captured waste heat fulfills all of the brewery’s hot water needs, from beer production to bottle cleaning. Developed in partnership with Synergy Infrastructure and running exclusively on excess solar energy from rooftop panels, the system supports output of 100,000 litres of beer per month. The Bitcoin mining operation generates approximately 2,000 Australian dollars in monthly rewards, nearly offsetting the brewery’s electricity costs. Professor Sean Foley from Macquarie University highlighted the potential of this approach to recover heat from Bitcoin mining operations for other industries.
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