Lithium and water: Hydrosocial impacts across the life cycle of energy storage

JJA Blair, N Vineyard, D Mulvaney… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As a key ingredient of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), lithium plays a significant role in
climate change mitigation, but lithium has considerable impacts on water and society across …

Impact of geothermal expansion and lithium extraction in the Salton Sea known geothermal resource area (SS-KGRA) on local water resources

MM Busse, MA McKibben, W Stringfellow… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Saline brines currently being brought to the surface to produce geothermal energy in the
Salton Sea region of California contain high concentrations of lithium that could potentially …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable process design for lithium recovery from geothermal brines using chemical precipitation

H Nikkhah, A Di Maria, G Granata, B Beykal - Resources, Conservation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Lithium demand is surging, necessitating efficient extraction methods. Geothermal brines
offer a promising alternative feedstock, yet comprehensive systems-level analyses are …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrosocial imaginaries of green extractivism: Water-energy transitions and geothermal lithium development at the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, California

A Britton, L Olmedo, CA Torres, JJA Blair - The Extractive Industries and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lithium is considered an “energy transition mineral” for mitigating climate change because it
is a key component of batteries for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. Even …

Mineral Recovery from Geothermal Brines

MA McKibben, WT Stringfellow - Geothermal Power Generation, 2025 - Elsevier
Geothermal brines are rich in potentially valuable, strategic, and/or critical minerals.
Increasing global demand for metals needed for the production of advanced materials …

Lithium prospectivity and capacity assessment in Northern Germany

K Alms, M Heinelt, A Groeneweg - Geothermics, 2025 - Elsevier
Given the rapidly increasing demand for rechargeable batteries and the EU's net-zero
targets, lithium is an important building block for the future energy economy, but resources in …

Industrial Ecology and the Just Transition: Lithium extraction, manufacturing, and end-of-life management for electric vehicle batteries

MS Slattery - 2024 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation examines clean energy supply chains in the context of the just transition
and circular economy frameworks, focusing on a central technology for zero-emissions …

Geothermal lithium resource modelling: a case study from the Upper Rhine Graben

R Perez, J Vidal - Fifth EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference & …, 2024 - earthdoc.org
Lithium de France is an independent French operator aiming to extract heat and geothermal
lithium. Their project consists in producing hot and Li-rich fluid naturally circulating inside a …