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The country’s energy provider says that bitcoin mining puts more pressure on the power network in Paraguay than the engineers initially fear.
For each news port in Spanish CryptoticsThe comments came from Felix Soussa, head of the National Electricity Department (Al -And Andy).
Speaking at a recent conference related to technology in Blockchain, Power President said that coding in Paraguay does not affect the electricity supply to the population.
Bitcoin Mining: Paraguay’s expansion has been planned
Soussa explained that the BTC and Crypto miners in Paraguay require slightly more than 700 megawatts of energy.
But Andy president said that miners are required to work in the areas specified in the country.
This ensures that they do not put strains on areas that may suffer from energy deficiency.
Sosa said that the 2025 -year mining electricity consumption is equivalent to the output of only one and a half turbines from the ITAIPú Dam.
ITAIPú: Play a major role
The dam is one of the largest electrical power plants in the world, and includes 20 turbines. However, the strongest of these turbines (which works at 60 Hz) produces energy for Brazil.
The ITAIPú Dam extends the river that separates the Latin American states.
Despite the fact that Broiazil takes the lion’s share of power output in the dam, the remaining 10 Hzz turbines produce the surplus of Pargway.
In recent years, Andy has agreed to allow Bitcoin’s miners using a lot of this force, claiming that it is “abundant, renewed at reasonable prices.”
The provider also says that in addition to providing clean energy, it also provides two electricity at very competitive prices.
Paraguayan Law states that miners must pay different prices based on the required electrical voltage level.
The lowest rates apply to the SUB-23 KV group (average voltage). The next level is Sub-66 KV (high voltage), where users make up more than 220 kV (very high voltage) final category. Soussa said:
“Our priority is to ensure the use of responsible energy, in line with the ability of the Paraguayan system.”
While miners now use a little more than 700 megawatts, Ande is planning to expand this to 1000 megawatts by the end of 2025.
Bitcoin mining in Paraguay: high prices?
The company said that the expansion of the planned capacity is scheduled to generate revenues of about $ 240 million for Ande.
But Criptonoticias quoted an engineer named Axel BenÃTez as being in SOSA allegations.
Benitez said, in 2024, the actual consumption that was described to the encryption mining companies was only 255.5 megawatts. The engineer said:
“If they are planning to move from 700 to 1,000 megawatts by the end of 2025, it is scheduled to collect $ 240 million, the simple mathematics account results in an average of $ 80 per hour.
Societies are not satisfied with miners
The media added that some Paraguay expressed their dissatisfaction with the rise of bitcoin mining in the country.
She stated that the residents of the Santa Lucia region in Villarika complain of “the continuous noise of fans and mining equipment.”
They claim that noise affects the mental health of families, patterns of sleep and the quality of their life. Residents said the problem is especially sharp for children with special needs.
While Andy took a welcoming position of legal coding mines, he was waging a war against illegal operators.
Last year, the provider admitted that he was losing about a third of all the energy he produced, with illegal miners responsible for at least some of these losses.
It also seized more than 10,000 bitcoin mining platforms. Last year, a group of 14 Senate members advanced the government to prohibit temporary encryption mining in the country.
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2025-08-14 23:30:00
