CALIPATRIA, Calif. — Near Southern California’s dying Salton Sea, a canopy next to a geothermal power plant covers large containers of salty water left behind after super-hot liquid is drilled from deep underground to run steam turbines. Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal brine, salty water that has been overlooked and …
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The new 'gold rush' for green lithium Cornish Lithium Geothermal brine could become a promising and sustainable source of an essential element for the renewable energy transition Lithium is crucial for the transition to renewables, but mining it has been environmentally costly. “Given the enormous demand we’re likely to see over the coming years, is going to mean we need …
