According to reports, Australia-based financial services giant Macquarie Group and Bitcoin technology company Blockstream have teamed up to pilot a Bitcoin mining facility powered by renewable energy. The location of the pilot facility will be located in the United States. Blockstream said that if it succeeds, with the further development of the green power infrastructure, it also plans to expand to new sites. In addition, the two companies stated that the facility would explore carbon-neutral alternatives for mining cryptocurrencies.