Check out an outstanding new resource recently unveiled by the Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), available on the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) website!
Geothermal Technologies Office
August 24, 2022
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The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO)
Lithium StoryMap
lays out the relationship between geothermal energy and lithium while exploring why the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is investing in technologies supporting lithium extraction from geothermal brines.
Using an easily digestible format, visitors can scroll through the role of lithium in renewable energy today, how the critical material is currently obtained, and why the Salton Sea region of California may prove to be a key domestic source—with a little help from geothermal energy. As lithium demand continues to grow, geothermal energy may soon play a greater role in our lives and in the energy economy.