Proof of Work Mining: Energy Consumption Comparison

in #mining8 years ago

Summary: Bitcoin mining network consumed (167*100)/2268142=0.0073% of total generated energy.

According https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin bitcoin energy consumption for mining estimated as:

  1. Year                MW per hour
  2. -------------------------------
  3. Mining 2013               41
  4. Mining 2014               81
  5. Mining 2015              167


According to http://enipedia.tudelft.nl energy generation per hour per country:

  1. Country             MW per hour
  2. ------------------------------
  3. United States        517,579
  4. China                424,767
  5. Japan                120,772
  6. Russia               102,254
  7. India                 87,121
  8. Canada                83,649
  9. Germany               74,273
  10. France                64,095
  11. Brazil                50,234
  12. South Korea           44,865
  13. United Kingdom        43,876
  14. Italy                 42,863
  15. Spain                 34,009
  16. Australia             26,177
  17. Mexico                25,168
  18. Taiwan                24,951
  19. South Africa          24,908
  20. Iran                  23,938
  21. Saudi Arabia          20,224
  22. Ukraine               19,665
  23. Poland                18,616
  24. Turkey                17,923
  25. Sweden                17,793
  26. Norway                16,071
  27. Indonesia             14,379
  28. Thailand              14,347
  29. Venezuela             11,774
  30. Egypt                 11,579
  31. Finland               11,360
  32. Netherlands           11,344
  33. Argentina             10,853
  34. Malaysia              10,816
  35. Pakistan              10,295
  36. Belgium                9,613
  37. Czech Republic         8,986
  38. Kazakhstan             7,358
  39. Romania                7,185
  40. United Arab Emirates   7,101
  41. Austria                7,097
  42. Vietnam                7,062
  43. Denmark                7,028
  44. Philippines            6,992
  45. Greece                 6,644
  46. Switzerland            6,354
  47. Chile                  5,909
  48. Colombia               5,666
  49. Hungary                5,583
  50. Uzbekistan             5,553
  51. Israel                 5,543
  52. Portugal               5,383
  53. Serbia                 4,991
  54. New Zealand            4,945
  55. Bulgaria               4,634
  56. Iraq                   4,055
  57. Algeria                3,902
  58. Singapore              3,821
  59. Kuwait                 3,800
  60. Peru                   3,588
  61. Slovakia               3,518
  62. Syria                  3,385
  63. Belarus                3,382
  64. Ireland                3,102
  65. Nigeria                2,698
  66. Bangladesh             2,678
  67. Azerbaijan             2,658
  68. North Korea            2,572
  69. Libya                  2,476
  70. Morocco                2,237
  71. Cuba                   2,187
  72. Tajikistan             2,006
  73. Qatar                  1,746
  74. Kyrgyzstan             1,721
  75. Bahrain                1,656
  76. Slovenia               1,634
  77. Dominican Republic     1,598
  78. Ecuador                1,584
  79. Oman                   1,554
  80. Mozambique             1,513
  81. Lithuania              1,484
  82. Croatia                1,423
  83. Tunisia                1,375
  84. Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,367
  85. Iceland                1,294
  86. Turkmenistan           1,243
  87. Lebanon                1,228
  88. Costa Rica             1,128
  89. Uruguay                1,120
  90. Estonia                1,086
  91. Jordan                 1,031
  92. Zambia                 1,014
  93. Zimbabwe                 987
  94. Sri Lanka                932
  95. Guatemala                925
  96. Congo                    842
  97. Myanmar                  822
  98. Georgia                  807
  99. Honduras                 797
  100. Albania                  770
  101. Jamaica                  743
  102. Ghana                    739
  103. Macedonia                725
  104. Bhutan                   721
  105. Trinidad and Tobago      695
  106. Armenia                  683
  107. Kenya                    682
  108. El Salvador              680
  109. Panama                   674
  110. Papua New Guinea         611
  111. Latvia                   584
  112. Sudan                    563
  113. Cyprus                   561
  114. Bolivia                  555
  115. Cote d'Ivoire            542
  116. Yemen                    512
  117. Nicaragua                476
  118. Cameroon                 475
  119. Mongolia                 430
  120. Montenegro               380
  121. Luxembourg               377
  122. Moldova                  371
  123. Brunei                   347
  124. Angola                   341
  125. Ethiopia                 297
  126. Nepal                    288
  127. Mauritius                282
  128. Senegal                  280
  129. Malta                    259
  130. Uganda                   238
  131. Bahamas                  234
  132. Tanzania                 229
  133. New Caledonia            207
  134. Laos                     195
  135. Malawi                   191
  136. Namibia                  186
  137. Netherlands Antilles     186
  138. Barbados                 184
  139. Suriname                 179
  140. Gabon                    171
  141. Paraguay                 164
  142. Madagascar               148
  143. Botswana                 135
  144. Fiji                     109
  145. Guyana                   101
  146. Guinea                   101
  147. Afghanistan               92
  148. Haiti                     85
  149. Bermuda                   78
  150. Burkina Faso              66
  151. Mali                      63
  152. Swaziland                 60
  153. French Polynesia          54
  154. Congo Republic            50
  155. Cayman Islands            49
  156. Isle Of Man               46
  157. St Lucia                  43
  158. Lesotho                   40
  159. Liberia                   37
  160. Somalia                   36
  161. Mauritania                35
  162. Faroe Islands             34
  163. Sierra Leone              33
  164. Eritrea                   32
  165. Belize                    31
  166. Gambia                    28
  167. Niger                     28
  168. Grenada                   28
  169. Djibouti                  25
  170. Seychelles                25
  171. Togo                      23
  172. Cambodia                  20
  173. Maldives                  19
  174. Central African Republic  18
  175. Palestine                 18
  176. Burundi                   17
  177. St Vincent and Grenadines 15
  178. St Kitts and Nevis        15
  179. Chad                      14
  180. Rwanda                    13
  181. Antigua and Barbuda       13
  182. Benin                     12
  183. Samoa                     11
  184. Dominica                  11
  185. Monaco                     9
  186. Guinea-Bissau              8
  187. Solomon Islands            8
  188. Cape Verde                 7
  189. Liechtenstein              7
  190. Andorra                    6
  191. Equatorial Guinea          6
  192. Vanuatu                    5
  193. Nauru                      4
  194. Tonga                      4
  195. Comoros                    3
  196. Sao Tome and Principe      3
  197. Micronesia                 2
  198. Marshall Islands           2
  199. Mayotte                    2
  200. Kiribati                   2
  201. Reunion                    1
  202. Western Sahara             1
  203. French Guiana              1
  204. Palau                      1
  205. East Timor                 1
  206. Antarctica                 0
  207. Saint Kitts and Nevis      0
  208. Tuvalu                     0
  209. Saint Helena               0
  210. Guam                       0
  211. Hong Kong (China)          0
  212. Greenland                  0
  213. Gibraltar                  0
  214. Aruba                      0
  215. American Samoa             0
  216. Timor-Leste                0
  217. Saint Lucia                0
  218. Puerto Rico                0
  219. ----------------------------
  220. Total           2,268,142


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