--- title: Eskom developing bitcoin mining plan but needs Nersa’s nod description: South Africa's state utility Eskom is developing a framework to sell surplus daytime electricity to bitcoin miners, taking advantage of the flexibility that... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/eskom-developing-bitcoin-mining-plan-but-needs-nersa-s-nod-yiwjju9xh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Eskom developing bitcoin mining plan but needs Nersa’s nod | daily.dev og:description: South Africa's state utility Eskom is developing a framework to sell surplus daytime electricity to bitcoin miners, taking advantage of the flexibility that... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/eskom-developing-bitcoin-mining-plan-but-needs-nersa-s-nod-yiwjju9xh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yIwJJu9xh.png og:image:alt: Eskom developing bitcoin mining plan but needs Nersa’s nod og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Eskom developing bitcoin mining plan but needs Nersa’s nod **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary South Africa's state utility Eskom is developing a framework to sell surplus daytime electricity to bitcoin miners, taking advantage of the flexibility that mining operations offer to ramp up and down quickly. The midday surplus has grown due to widespread rooftop solar adoption displacing grid demand during daylight hours. Industrial customers were offered the excess capacity first but couldn't flex fast enough. Eskom is engaging multiple mining operators, including Bitmach, which proposes absorbing up to 5GW instantaneously. However, any new tariff structure requires approval from energy regulator Nersa, including a public consultation process, meaning a pilot is unlikely to launch soon. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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