巴基斯坦计划将2,000兆瓦的闲置电力重定向到比特币开采，以减轻$ 7.4B的年度能源损失。

快速的太阳能采用和未使用的电力能力促使政府探索加密矿山的新收入来源。

Pakistan is considering allocating up to 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity to bitcoin mining and AI data centers, merging the government's initiative to reduce massive annual energy losses with the nation's rising interest in cryptocurrency.

巴基斯坦正在考虑将多达2,000兆瓦（MW）的电力分配给比特币采矿和人工智能数据中心，并将政府的倡议与美国对加密货币的利益不断增长，以减少大规模的年度能源损失。

This move, which is still in the planning stages and has no set timeframe, could become a crucial part of Pakistan's broader strategy to manage its long-standing energy crisis.

这一举动仍处于计划阶段，没有设定的时间表，可能会成为巴基斯坦管理其长期能源危机的更广泛战略的关键部分。

The South Asian nation has an installed electricity capacity of 46,600 MW but consumes an average of only 25,000 MW, with winter lows falling to 12,000 MW.

南亚国家的电力容量为46,600兆瓦，但平均消耗25,000兆瓦，冬季低点降至12,000兆瓦。

Despite this unused capacity, for which many of these plants continue receiving capacity payments, rendering them a major drain on the national budget.

尽管有这种未使用的能力，但其中许多工厂继续收到能力支付，这使他们大大耗费了国家预算。

These payments, which are fixed and paid whether electricity is generated or not, have now reached around $7.4 billion a year, heavily burdening the national budget and increasing electricity costs for citizens.

这些付款是固定的，无论是发电是否发电，现在已经达到了每年74亿美元，负担了全国预算的负担，并增加了公民的电费。

At the same time, Pakistan has seen a rapid influx of solar energy. In 2024 alone, net-metered solar capacity surged from 1.3 GW to nearly 4.9 GW, fueled by an influx of over 17 GW of low-cost Chinese solar panels.

同时，巴基斯坦已经迅速涌入太阳能。仅在2024年，仅在2024年，净计量太阳能从1.3 gw升至近4.9吉瓦，这是由于超过17吉瓦的低成本中国太阳能电池板的涌入。

While a cleaner energy alternative, this solar energy has brought new issues like grid instability and unbalanced cost distribution, non-solar users now pay higher energy rates, and poorer households struggle to access affordable energy solutions.

尽管这是一种更清洁的能源替代方案，但这种太阳能带来了新的问题，例如电网不稳定性和不平衡的成本分配，非极性用户现在支付更高的能源费率，而较贫穷的家庭则难以访问负担得起的能源解决方案。

To address this growing imbalance, the government has floated the idea of using idle power for bitcoin mining.

为了解决这种日益增长的失衡，政府提出了将闲置电力进行比特币采矿的想法。

This proposal suggests that crypto mining could absorb excess electricity during off-peak times, reducing pressure on the grid and generating digital revenue. This revenue could help offset the huge losses from capacity payments and offer a new income stream for the state.

该提议表明，加密矿山开采可能会在非高峰时期吸收过量的电力，从而减少网格的压力并产生数字收入。这项收入可以帮助抵消能力支付的巨大损失，并为该州提供新的收入来源。

However, the plan has faced criticism over its potential impact on the environment and the distribution of wealth.

但是，该计划对其对环境和财富分配的潜在影响面临批评。

Running old, inefficient power plants just to mine bitcoin could increase air pollution and carbon emissions, going against global efforts to combat climate change and potentially creating local environmental concerns.

仅仅用于开采比特币的旧发电厂运行效率低下的发电厂可能会增加空气污染和碳排放，这与全球抗击气候变化的努力违反了应对气候变化的努力，并可能引起当地的环境问题。

Additionally, some worry that the money made will not truly benefit ordinary citizens and could instead end up in the hands of private companies securing bitcoin mining licenses.

此外，有些人担心赚钱不会真正使普通公民受益，而可能最终落入获得比特币采矿许可证的私人公司的手中。

If Pakistan can pull this off, it could become a rare example of using crypto mining to solve a real economic problem.

如果巴基斯坦能够实现这一目标，那么它可能会成为使用加密矿山来解决真正的经济问题的罕见例子。

The success of the plan will depend on how it is managed and whether the benefits are shared fairly.

该计划的成功将取决于如何管理其管理以及是否公平地分享收益。

If not, then this could turn into a large-scale fiasco, squandering public funds and setting back the country economically and environmentally.

如果不是这样，那么这可能会变成大规模的惨败，浪费公共资金并在经济和环境上恢复全国。