Social and environmental groups claimed the project could cause water and air problems not disclosed in an environmental ...

That’s where the Salton Sea and Hell’s Kitchen come in. Energy companies are already producing geothermal energy at the site, extracting hot, high-pressure brine to generate electricity.

Controlled Thermal Resources aims to build a 7,000-acre lithium and geothermal power campus at the south end of the Salton Sea to meet soaring global clean energy demand. But Imperial County-based ...

The lawsuit "takes issue with the (county) analysis of air quality impacts which might be caused by exposure of playa at that Salton Sea which might be caused by future actions," the judge wrote.

The ATLiS facility will employ DLE technology to unearth lithium from Salton Sea geothermal brine. Project ATLiS is said to be the first to implement DLE technology at a commercial scale in the US ...

The ATLiS facility will use a technology called direct lithium extraction (DLE) to recover lithium from Salton Sea geothermal brine. DLE technologies are applicable in many lithium brine and clay ...

The ATLiS facility will employ direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology to recover lithium from Salton Sea geothermal brine. Credit: Black_Kira/Shutterstock. The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan ...