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Interactive May 8, 2018

Cryptocurrency Mining and the Demand for Electricity

Cryptocurrency mining has a major impact on electricity consumption. In Georgia, mining is surprisingly widespread, thanks to tax exemptions and low electricity prices, but intensive mining has turned Georgia from a net exporter to a net importer of electricity. Indeed, Georgia has had the fastest-growing electricity consumption per capita in all of ECA since 2009.



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