Improvement of Operating Efficiency of Energy Cooperatives with the Use of “Crypto-Coin Mining”

Poland remains the most coal-dependent economy in EU. To minimize that problem, which is particularly clear and dangerous period of a shortage fossil fuels, Polish authorities have decided to establish various institutions, organizational regulatory solutions. Their role support development renewable energy sources local communities. The latter are focus on optimizing production consumption pursuit self-sufficiency scale. One such institution, set up over last several years, cooperative, intended increase efficient use potential rural urban–rural areas. authors this article verify assumptions, for instance, number, composition or members’ profiles, under relatively new institution has chance develop. A novelty research paper interests entities composing given cooperative may additionally be secured by surplus generation crypto-coin mining, thus storage virtual currency. dedicated mathematical model mixed-integer programming technology was used, enriched with respect previous research, making it possible members achieve independence while maximizing self-consumption using their excess processing cryptocurrency. This line global trend “greening”; processes acquiring electronic money.