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Lilac Solutions to use novel technology to extract lithium from the Salton Sea

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Beneath California’s Salton Sea lies a vast pool of super-heated fluid that’s long been exploited as a source of geothermal power. Lilac’s technological secret sauce is an ion-exchange process that forces mineral-rich brine through a container filled with lithium-absorbing beads.

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Revolutionizing Geothermal Energy: Interview with Toshiba America, Inc.

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Takagi highlighted how Toshiba technology plans to support the development of geothermal energy in the regional market of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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

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In this scale-up, solar and wind will have the largest role to play, but all renewable energy technologies will be essential. The case for geothermal Currently, geothermal accounts for only about 0.5% of the total installed renewable power capacity.

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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

ThinkGeoEnergy

As part of the wider renewable energy sector, geothermal has set ambitious targets for scaling up by the end the decade. There is wide recognition that this will take monumental effort in terms of technology advancement, financing, and policy. Another is the use of geothermal heating to improve food security.