Soluna , the bitcoin - mining company founded by US - based private equity firm Brookstone Partners , aims to start construction of a 36 MW wind farm near Dakhla in Morocco in early 2019 . The company aims to raise $ 500 m to complete the project , which will also include computing facilities that draw up to 100 MW , plus an energy storage system capable of flooding the computing centre when the wind drops . Soluna ultimately plans to sell some electricity to Morocco ’s grid . Soluna has the rights to 37,000 acres of land , which could ultimately house up to 900 MW of wind capacity .
Soluna, the bitcoin-mining company founded by US-based private equity firm Brookstone Partners, aims to start construction of a 36 MW wind farm near Dakhla in Morocco in January 2019. The company aims to raise $100m to complete the project, which will also include computing facilities that draw up to 18 MW, plus an energy storage system capable of powering the computing centre when the wind drops. Soluna ultimately hopes to sell some electricity to Morocco’s grid. Soluna has the rights to 37,000 acres of land, which could ultimately house up to 900 MW of wind capacity.