Hedging renewable energy investments with Bitcoin mining

@article{BastianPinto2020HedgingRE,
  title={Hedging renewable energy investments with Bitcoin mining},
  author={Carlos de Lamare Bastian-Pinto and Felipe V.S. Araujo and Luiz Eduardo Teixeira Brand{\~a}o and Leonardo Lima Gomes},
  journal={Renewable \& Sustainable Energy Reviews},
  year={2020},
  pages={110520},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:228861639}
}
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