Topic: Solar Mining - page 2. (Read 4146 times)

In the logic, if that will be decreasing the lifespan of batteries. And the consumed power has used for running an ASIC, it can be distributing for running some GPU.

In fact you are absolutely right, it's not efficient....my link was referring to OP that said he can't find one....
The problem isn't to find it, but that the revenues from mining with solar/wind energy didn't cover expense....better to mine with traditional power energy 

The wind generator turbine you are referring to can produce up to 300 Watts Max and it costs approximately $300. You will need four of those for just one Antminer S7. You can do the math to see how "efficient" is that.

That's are not used but new....in all case i agree that is not best choice, and panels in the link are only for "domestic"use...
Btw, here is a 300 watt  solar wind turbine, place it in yur garden and get your BTC blocks 
http://www.banggood.com/High-Efficiency-300W-DC12V24V-6-Blades-Wind-Turbine-Generator-p-956404.html

Wind turbine as high as two storey i think will be enough. Alternator or maybe a DC motor will do the job, horizontal turbines works well than the vertical by the way. Two large car batteries can last i think. but you may not be able to mine Bitcoin, Asic devices will drain your batteries. you can do it with GPU. ETH or XMR is good.

I believe solar is still too expensive to make a profit using it for mining (for the most part).

I bet since they are manufactured in Europe they are of really high quality. I have seen it take quite a lot of the older Solar panels bolted to a roof facing South, just to heat a swimming pool during the Winter time mid December until mid March in Southern Nevada just outside of Vegas an area known to have historically warmer Winters.

I wonder if a combination of say high end European Manufactured Solar Panels along with one of those Wind Turbines with the 3 ft Titanium Props mounted 30ft in the air on a well secured ground pole. The combination of the wind and solar power produced could be stored in golf cart Batteries that feed into Inverters to convert the energy that then feeds the Bitcoin ASIC Miners. Keep a clean running Natural Gas Generator hooked into the grid to serve as backup on Cloudy/Rainy/Zero Wind days.

Even if a situation  were to be properly fine tuned to work, its my guess that equipment costs which could include construction of specialized fire proof sheds to house all the 12-24 Volt Golf Cart Batteries, Inverters, Proper Cabling, concrete pad poured for the Pole with the mounted Wind Turbine, Solar Panels, Wiring, a couple Antminers and an electrician to over see installation. My guess is you would obtain 50% ROI over 20 years. Granted I am just guessing here, I have no idea if any of this would work in the first place along with no reasonable formulas to come to any conclusion. One gentleman above said it more simply and accurate regarding the massive cost of storing the produced power.

If you are able to power an ASIC Bitcoin Miner like a new Antminer R4 through the use of any clean or renewable energy for a profit or not, please make sure to come back to this thread and keep us updated regarding your progress on such a cool project as this.

Good Luck!!!!

Best,

Buying used solar panels is risky. Normally they go out of order sooner than you expect and fixing them cost money. I don't know about a wind turbine but you can forget about profiting using solar for now.

I know guys who are manufacturing solar panels in Europe for export worldwide. If you need cheap ones I can ask them what price they can offer.

As i see very hard to accmplish the task, maybe you can find some cheap solar panel here
http://www.banggood.com/search/solar-panel/2745-0-0-0-0-0-0-price-0-0_p-1.html

for now, i think yes that power energy is expensive but with the new technologies, i think we can buy the equipment when the price is down and we can trying to use in our home. but its need a lot of to do before that energy is ready to use.

Just like what other members said above this just a pure crazy thing or idea on planning to have a solar or alternative electricity source on just powering up or operating an R4 miner and planning to have solar mining which we all know that it is expensive to build one and its just really a waste of money and a nonsense step to consider.

Running 24/7 isn't gonna help..

Read the whole post, dude. You can't be running your mining hardware up to 24 hours and it's mean you will never be profitable.

That is pure crazy here. You must store big energy in backup when there is no wind/solar power.
So power storage is expensive, solar/wind power is expensive, what u trying to acomplish here? To loose money? You can do that easier

Hey Guys my name is Dan and im trying to find a way to power a antminer r4 by using a solar panel/wind turbine solution but i cant seem to find any.
Help is much appreciated.