Lithium of the Salton offshore geothermal power plant will soon become a reality

Over the years, the potential and opportunity of Salton Sea Lithium Production have always been the subject of many studies and reports, but now they seem to have become a reality. With the new plan, Imperial County can actually become the lithium capital of the United States.

According to the report, said this week, $2.5 million of investment will be used for the planned 50 mw geothermal power lithium production. Senator BenHueso reported in a recent ElCentro chamber of commerce activity for this. The money will be in two years ago, senator hughes created bill on SB - 1074.

"The current law, federal law designated by the state according to receive all the income accounts should be stored in geothermal resource development, and continue to allocated in accordance with the relevant provisions. Existing legal requirements will be distributed to the federal government has a part of these earnings rent land for geothermal development county, another part of income can be made of the national energy conservation and development commission (energy commission) as a grant, or to the local jurisdiction or private entities to provide loans. The current laws and regulations related to geothermal energy development and alleviate the main purpose, the receiver can use these funds for the money.

The bill will authorize the payee spend these incomes to undertake the project, so that in the disadvantaged communities existing geothermal facilities from the highly mineralized geothermal brine recovery of lithium, metals and agricultural products and other beneficial minerals, and provide local jobs."

With the bill and provide money now, it will "...The imperial county as an energy producer and as a county, in addition to the important agricultural products, will also be important elements such as lithium production."Hueso said.

Plan the project will start design work, this month is expected to be in about a year later began to design, hope to create hundreds of jobs. Geothermal project will be located at the southern tip of the salton sea, by the control of heat resource development.

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