 The Mechanicville hydroelectric power plant, built in New York in 1897 by the Hudson River Power Transmission company, owned and operated today by Albany Engineering Corp AEC, has started mining Bitcoin CRYPTO: BTC. What Happened: According to a report from Times Union, a portion of the plants energy is being used to mine Bitcoin given that there is not a lot of profit in running a plant that uses its original equipment from the 18th century. 