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Imperial Valley
BHE Renewables
Imperial County, CA, USA
-115.6141667, 33.16416667
The Big Green Machine Site ID: 105
Additional Information:
Sector: Batteries
Activity: Extraction
Product: Lithium
Project Announcement Date: 2/22/2022
Target for Starting Production: 2026
Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No
Target Annual Production: 90000 tpa
Operating Status: Pilot
Congressional District: Democrat
Government Subsidies:
Local/State: $6 million
Selected Sources:
#1: Governor Newsom Joins President Biden to Uplift California’s Vision for an Inclusive, Sustainable, Clean Energy Economy in Lithium Valley | Governor of California - www.gov.ca.gov - 02-22-2022
#2: US steps away from flagship lithium project with Berkshire - MINING.COM - www.mining.com
#3: Geothermal, Lithium Recovery Projects Get Boost from California Energy Commission - www.energy.ca.gov
#4: Energy - www.energy.gov
#5: The Salton Sea could produce the world's greenest lithium, if new extraction technologies work - www.cnbc.com
#6: Occidental and Berkshire Hathaway unit sets up JV to extract lithium - finance.yahoo.com
#7: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire partners with Occidental to extract lithium - MINING.COM - www.mining.com - 06-04-2024
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