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Natural Gas Power Generation
For sites without reliable or affordable grid connections, Zyrix supplies containerised natural gas and flare gas power generation sized specifically for ASIC mining loads.
This lets operators locate mining capacity directly at a gas source — including stranded or flared gas — instead of waiting on grid interconnection queues.
Why gas power for mining
ASIC mining is one of the few industrial loads that can be sited directly at a gas wellhead or flare stack, since it doesn't need to be near population centres or existing transmission infrastructure. Converting gas that would otherwise be flared or vented into electricity for mining monetises a stranded resource while reducing methane emissions compared with uncontrolled flaring.
System configuration and container sizing
Generation is delivered as containerised gas-engine generator sets, each producing a fixed kW output, paired with fuel conditioning skids that clean and regulate raw or flare gas before it reaches the engine. Container sizing is matched to your mining container's total load: a typical mining container in the low-hundreds-of-kW range is paired with generator capacity sized with headroom above the ASIC load to account for cooling system power draw and startup surges.
Multiple generator containers can be paralleled to scale a site from a single mining container up to a multi-megawatt farm, adding generation capacity in the same discrete blocks as the mining and cooling containers.
Capex vs opex framing
Gas generation carries higher upfront capex than a simple grid connection — generators, fuel conditioning, and containerisation are a capital purchase rather than a monthly utility bill — but can materially lower ongoing opex where gas is cheap, flared, or otherwise stranded, since fuel cost per kWh can undercut grid electricity in the right location. The right choice depends on local gas price and availability, grid interconnection cost and timeline, and how long you plan to operate the site.
We help operators model this trade-off against their specific gas source and target mining container count before committing to a generation package.
Integration with cooling and hardware
Because gas generation is typically deployed for full farm builds, we coordinate it alongside hydro-cooling or immersion-cooling infrastructure and the mining hardware itself as a single project, so power, cooling, and compute capacity are sized together rather than as separate purchases. See bulk order for how container-scale projects are quoted.
Frequently asked
- Can you generate power from flare gas specifically?
- Yes, our fuel conditioning skids are designed to handle raw or flare gas streams, cleaning and regulating them before they reach the generator engine.
- How is generator capacity sized against a mining container?
- We size generation with headroom above the container's rated ASIC load to account for cooling system power draw, ambient-temperature-driven load variation, and startup surges.
- Is gas generation cheaper than a grid connection?
- It depends on local gas price and grid interconnection cost and timeline; gas generation typically has higher upfront capex but can offer lower ongoing opex where gas is cheap or stranded.
- Can generation capacity be scaled up later?
- Yes, additional generator containers can be paralleled with existing units to add capacity as your mining container count grows.