Controlled Thermal Resources has a new collaborator for its 500-MW geothermal energy plant in California’s Lithium Valley, where it is eyeing co-location of manufacturing or data centers.

A company developing a geothermal energy and lithium production facility in California has a potential partner who plans to build an EV battery factory nearby.

General Motors will invest millions of dollars in Controlled Thermal Resources’ lithium production project at the Salton Sea in Southern California.