A report released on August 11 by the non-partisan think tank lays out how Bitcoin mining operations, paired with Ukraine’s stranded nuclear energy capacity, could generate up to $1 billion in revenue earmarked for postwar rebuilding. How stranded energy becomes reconstruction cashThe core idea in the report, titled “Bitcoin’s Role in Ukrainian Reconstruction,” is load flexibility. AdvertisementThe proposed model would station mining operations at or near nuclear facilities, capturing energy that would otherwise go to waste. The report also arrives against the backdrop of ongoing discussions, dating to December 2025, about potential Bitcoin mining at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Any mining operations there would obviously depend on a peace settlement and the return of the plant to Ukrainian sovereignty.