Biowaste and biomass, are slightly different things so trying to keep this simple
- biowaste as in manure is highly inefficient, has huge costs, even with government subsidies is a pain in the ass, can't work on a large scale, and on smalls scale <100 heads it's losing money even if you put them side by side with European prices, thus mining on on it, forget it!
Been there, done that, we keep doing this just because the government is forcing us and they are paying us for this fiasco, plus there are fines for not participating in it and leaving manure in open pits.
- biowaste as in garbage - highly unpredictable unless you're talking about a medium-large city, comes with tons of environmental permits for every single step, again, unless you go big you are losing money compared to the traditional stuff coal and gas.
- biomass as in growing your tree or crop to burn it, again works only with government subsidies that pay us per ton for our poplar and black locust, this is because black locust are getting a hefty subsidy for the bees they sustain during spring early summer.
So, as much as I dislike solar probably I would try that instead of biofuel or biowaste or biomass or whatever bio, but of course, I'm talking here from an EU perspective.
How Irish farmers turn cow dung into
digital gold (Bitcoin) Campbell primarily uses the electricity to power his farm, but when there is excess energy that cannot be exported to the grid, he uses it to mine Bitcoin. Mining involves using specialized computers to solve complex mathematical equations, with successful miners rewarded with BTC. Bitcoin mining requires a lot of energy, and Campbell’s farm produces up to 700 kilowatts of electrical output, equivalent to powering nearly 12,000 households.
700KW?
Hmm, 0.03ton a day per head, 1:40 gas generation with straw leftovers, 60% efficiency in transforming it, and it still goes into thousands around 5000 if my math is right at this hour. Doesn't match the idyllic view with one huge patch of grass and 20 sheep grazing along.