Researchers at EU universities
EBEA collaborates with various researchers at EU universities who conduct research on Bitcoin mining and renewable energies.

Technological University of the Shannon
Contact person: Niall Burke Ph.D.
Lecturer & Programm Coordinator
Department of Engineering

University College Cork
Contact person: Frances Judge
Lecturer in Energy Engineering
Various research papers
Impacts of Large, Flexible Data Center Operations on the Future of ERCOT, Lancium & IdeaSmiths (June 2021)
Joshua D. Rhodes, PhD, Thomas Deetjen, PhD and Caitlin Smith
Rethinking Load Growth, Nicolas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Duke University (2025)
Tyler H. Norris, Tim Profeta, Dalia Patino-Echeverri and Adam Cowie-Haskell
Bitcoin’s Carbon Footprint Revisited: Proof of Work Mining for Renewable Energy Expansion (July 19, 2023)
Ibañez, Juan Ignacio and Freier, Alexander
Challenges, EISSN 2078-1547, Published by MDPI
Leveraging Bitcoin Miners as Flexible Load Resources for Power System Stability and Efficiency (November 22, 2023)
Carter, Nic and Connell, Shaun and Jones, Brad and Porter, Dennis and Rudd, Murray
Cryptocurrency mining as a novel virtual energy storage system in islanded and grid-connected microgrids (July 2024)
Hajiaghapour-Moghimi, Mehran; Hajipour, Ehsan; Azimi Hosseini, Kamyar; Vakilian, Mehdi; Lehtonen, Matti