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| Published On Jan 12, 2022 8:00 am CET | By Peter Siu

“170 Active Volcanoes to Choose From” Bukele Says In Reaction to Critics

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Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s Bitcoin President came out on Twitter to set the record straight this week on the country’s energy production and consumption, after openly being challenged. With its ambitious project, Bitcoin City starting construction this year, Bukele revealed that the country has heavily invested in increasing its geothermal energy production.

The power coming from the volcanoes, managed and maintained by a state company called Lageo, are good for more than 1,000 gigawatts for the nation yearly, the president said.

Furthermore, Lageo is preparing the inclusion of four new wells to the power system. One of the more advanced wells will supposedly be able to provide more than 95 MW (megawatts) of energy to the national grid. Bukele said:

“[It will be] clean, cheap and renewable energy, from a source that will last at least a couple of million years.”

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For Bitcoin City, Bukele is almost 100% sure that they will be able to find one well out of 170 active volcanoes, with the required capacity to power the new city.

Peter Siu

Peter is a former poker-pro, turned crypto enthusiast with 8+ years’ experience in operational roles dealing with all online gaming verticals within large iGaming companies, including Flutter and Entain. Now an expert in the field of Sports Betting, Casino, iGaming, and Poker, he is our team leader and editor. When not working, Peter can be found in the gym or playing sports like football, tennis and more recently padel.