Mining for cryptocurrencies can be highly energy intensive, with bitcoin mining alone requiring the same amount of electricity as the Netherlands’ annual total power generation, or 0.5% of total global electricity consumption, Morgan Stanley said in a report entitled “ESG Considerations.”
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