Japan’s TEPCO subsidiary explores mining bitcoins with ‘green’ energy amid solar controversy

A subsidiary of Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) is now experimenting with mining bitcoins via excess renewable energy. Agile Energy X, a firm wholly owned by the 1.09-trillion-yen market cap behemoth, hopes the move will incentivize the adoption of “green” energy. President of Agile Energy X, Kenji Tateiwa, notes that “What we are doing