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Salton Sea Lithium Researchers Win Award for Societal Impact

December 22, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, battery metals, battery minerals, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery materials, geothermal lithium, geothermal technologies office, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), lithium, lithium-ion batteries, policy & politics, research, Salton Sea, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 02:55:05 +0000

If electric cars are the cars of the future (and they are), then batteries are sort of the gasoline of the future (well, really, they should be considered the gas tanks of the future … but gas tanks aren’t nearly as valuable, technical, or worth discussing). What’s in those batteries … [continued]

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Celebrating Another Breakthrough in Domestic Lithium Production

February 8, 2024 admin California, Joe Biden, lithium, Salton Sea, Uncategorized, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 03:34:23 +0000

At 227 feet below sea level, California’s Salton Sea rests at one of the lowest points in the United States. … [continued]

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US Discovers Lithium Bonanza For EV Batteries Right In Its Own Backyard

December 2, 2023 admin batteries, California, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, geothermal energy, geothermal lithium, green economy, lithium, lithium extraction, lithium mines, lithium supply, lithium-ion batteries, renewable energy, Salton Sea, salton sea geothermal, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:41:13 +0000

The geothermal resources of the Salton Sea region in California can double as a rich pipeline of lithium for EV batteries.

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How The Salton Sea Could Solve Battery Mineral Supply Issues

January 29, 2023 admin batteries, California, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, lithium, Salton Sea

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:45:27 +0000

In late summer, it’s not uncommon for a big storm to send a gush of water down an arroyo, a dry streambed that gets cut by monsoon storms in the Southwest. To the farmers who lived in the Imperial Valley of California in 1905, the weird early summer water that came pouring down some of […]

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Your Rechargeable Batteries Need Lithium. Geothermal Energy Could Soon Help. (Surprise Video)

September 28, 2022 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, geothermal energy, geothermal lithium, lithium, lithium-ion batteries, Salton Sea

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:36:11 +0000

As product managers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Nicholas Gilroy and Haiku Sky help turn complex information into a compelling journey on the web. Their work allows users to interact with data and even download information as the story of research unfolds. Working closely with user experience researchers and engineers, the two helped […]