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German firms plan to exploit massive lithium deposits beneath the Rhine

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Geologists have estimated that an area in the Upper Rhine Valley, in the Black Forest area of southwestern Germany, holds enough lithium for more than 400 million electric cars, making it one of the world’s biggest deposits. billion euros ($2 billion) to build up to five geothermal power stations and facilities to extract the lithium.

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The COP28 pledge to triple up by 2030 and implications for geothermal

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Global installed renewable electricity generation capacity in the 1.5°C C Scenario, 2022 and 2030 (source: IRENA, “Tripling renewable power and doubling energy efficiency by 2030: Crucial steps towards 1.5°C”) The case for geothermal Currently, geothermal accounts for only about 0.5%

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Webinar – Analysis of community acceptance of geothermal, 12 October 2023

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Many countries are broadening their energy matrix and exploring opportunities to develop geothermal power projects often in regions where industrialization has not occurred. Historically the large-scale development of geothermal resources has been driven by the need to meet national electricity demands.

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Interview – Harnessing the potential of geothermal to scale up by 2030

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(source: Celsius Energy) In addition, we have a lot more conventional geothermal resources to develop all around the world, including from deep sedimentary basins. We are going to see large growth in geothermal power of three types— conventional, enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), and advanced geothermal systems (AGS).