Tom Mapes

Tom Mapes is founder and president of the Digital Energy Council, a non-profit advocacy group whose members work at the forefront of energy modernization, strengthening grid resilience and creating new, alternative energy channels to power communities. Tom previously served as chief of staff for International Affairs at the Department of Energy.

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Is the DOE Crypto Mining Data Request an Opportunity for Energy Innovation or for Political Opportunists?

The survey offers little insight into how the data will be used and can easily become fodder for an anti-cryptocurrency narrative, Digital Energy Council founder Tom Mapes writes.

The non-profit Digital Energy Council asks that the EIA also consider the positive impacts of crypto mining on U.S. energy infrastructure, in a response to the agency's open request for comment. (Matthew Henry/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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