{"id":4269,"date":"2025-07-17T16:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/france-submits-bill-to-test-bitcoin-mining-with-excess-power\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T16:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:16:29","slug":"france-submits-bill-to-test-bitcoin-mining-with-excess-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/france-submits-bill-to-test-bitcoin-mining-with-excess-power\/","title":{"rendered":"France Submits Bill To Test Bitcoin Mining With Excess Power\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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France Submits Bill To Test Bitcoin Mining With Excess Power\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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French lawmakers have submitted a new proposal<\/a> to transform surplus electricity into economic value through Bitcoin mining<\/a>. The bill, introduced on July 11, outlines a five-year experimental program that would allow energy producers to use excess power\u2014particularly from nuclear and renewable sources\u2014for mining Bitcoin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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JUST IN: French lawmakers propose five-year trial to use surplus electricity for #Bitcoin<\/a> mining. pic.twitter.com\/2WNffrihQ3<\/a><\/p>\n

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The initiative is designed to address France\u2019s recurring issue of energy overproduction. Currently, electricity producers are often forced to sell surplus energy at a loss due to limited storage capabilities. \u201cElectricity producers are often compelled to sell overproduced energy at a loss due to a lack of storage, which constitutes an \u2018unacceptable economic and energy loss,\u2019\u201d the proposal stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By redirecting this energy toward Bitcoin mining, lawmakers believe France can improve grid stability, reduce the strain on nuclear plant infrastructure, and boost national revenue. The bill argues that reducing the need to modulate nuclear power plants based on renewable output would preserve infrastructure and improve long-term efficiency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBy developing a French mining sector with a controllable and carbon-free electricity mix, France could establish itself as a major player in the cryptoasset ecosystem,\u201d the proposal said.<\/p>\n

The plan includes building data centers near energy production sites, especially in abandoned factories or other underutilized facilities. This would avoid placing strain on existing power infrastructure while bringing new life to dormant industrial zones.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn short, Bitcoin mining is an innovative use, capable of converting a problem (unused surplus) into an economic opportunity,\u201d the proposal concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Citing data from the Association for the Development of Digital Assets (ADAN), lawmakers estimate that allocating just one gigawatt of surplus power to mining could generate between $100 million and $150 million in annual revenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beyond financial returns, the proposal highlights an often-overlooked benefit: waste heat recovery. \u201cAnother advantage of Bitcoin mining is the production of heat, generally considered waste, which can be recovered,\u201d it noted. \u201cMining computers in fact release considerable heat, which can be captured via heat exchangers to heat buildings, agricultural greenhouses or power industrial processes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

This approach<\/a>, already used in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, demonstrates the technical feasibility and potential environmental benefits of the strategy, the lawmakers concluded.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin Magazine France Submits Bill To Test Bitcoin Mining With Excess Power\u00a0 French lawmakers have submitted a new proposal to transform surplus electricity into economic value through Bitcoin mining. The bill, introduced on July 11, outlines a five-year experimental program that would allow energy producers to use excess power\u2014particularly from nuclear and renewable sources\u2014for mining […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}