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CTR breaks ground on geothermal and lithium facility in California

ThinkGeoEnergy

(CTR) has broken ground on the construction of an integrated geothermal power plant and lithium production facility at the Salton Sea in California. This is the first of seven project stages building towards a multi-billion-dollar clean energy precinct, the “Lithium Valley Campus.” ” The 1.85-billion-dollar

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CTR to receive $30 million tax credit from California to support geothermal lithium project

ThinkGeoEnergy

Situated in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in Imperial Valley, the Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power Project aims to provide 50 MW of geothermal power and 25,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide monohydrate by 2025-2026. In exchange for this tax credit, CTR is expected to make capital investments of more than $14.7

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Council in Landau, Germany approves construction of geothermal lithium plant

ThinkGeoEnergy

Following the fulfillment of relevant conditions, Vulcan will also be able to acquire the land for the first phase of the Zero Carbon Lithium project. It also bolsters Vulcan’s future capacity following the opening of a Lithium Extraction Optimization Plant at the site of the Landau geothermal power plant just a few weeks ago.

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The world’s first ‘carbon-neutral’ cargo ship is already low on gas

Grist

When shipping giant Maersk announced last month it would operate a “carbon-neutral” vessel by 2023, the Danish company committed to using a fuel that’s made from renewable sources, is free of soot-forming pollutants — and is currently in scarce supply. E-methanol is made by combining hydrogen with carbon dioxide.

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GEL to produce geothermal lithium from Cornwall, UK projects

ThinkGeoEnergy

Geothermal Engineering Limited (GEL) has announced plans of producing around 10o tonnes of Lithium Carbon Equivalent (LCE) per year from the company’s geothermal projects in Cornwall, UK. “There is a great deal of interest in direct lithium extraction from geothermal resources. GEL was recently awarded £1.8m

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Meet the Startups Innovating in Experts’ Top Climatetech Areas for 2024

Greentown Labs

Circularity for critical metals and minerals Recommended to Axios’ Climate Deals by Clean Energy Ventures Carbon To Stone is developing a carbon mineralization technology coupled with high-value minerals and metals recovery. TerraFixing develops a direct-air-capture technology for cold climates using zeolite-based adsorbent materials.

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German firms plan to exploit massive lithium deposits beneath the Rhine

Charged

Both sources have substantial local environmental impacts, in addition to the carbon cost of shipping the lithium around the world. German-Australian startup Vulcan Energy Resources says it can deliver carbon-neutral lithium, extracted at geothermal power stations. The company plans to invest 1.7

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