lithium-ion batteries
As demand grows for lithium, which is a key component in electric vehicle batteries, interest in mining the resource in Nevada is surging.
General Motors will invest millions of dollars in Controlled Thermal Resources’ lithium production project at the Salton Sea in Southern California.
In a rare move, CAISO will use its capacity procurement mechanism to obtain more resources after other measures fell short, threatening summer blackouts.
DOE's National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries draws broad support from industry, but U.S.-China trade war and tariffs remain a near-term obstacle.
Zeroing out transportation emissions by 2050 will require getting 218 million EVs on the road worldwide by 2030. Business as usual won't work, BNEF says.
Companies already testing fully electric small & medium aircraft could be the key to achieving the aviation industry's 50% by 2050 carbon reduction target.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy to break ground on a California demonstration plant to extract lithium from brine pumped from geothermal wells.
California’s job growth in electric transportation is accelerating, a trend that could be further fueled by extraction of lithium from the Salton Sea.
DOE launched a geothermal lithium extraction competition to find solutions to commercialize extraction at geothermal power plants.
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