The pilot plant should be operational by 2022
22 July 2021 French lithium extraction tech firm GeoLith has been chosen by Cornish Lithium to run its pilot plant in United Downs (Image: Cornish Lithium)
Leading eco-tech firm Cornish Lithium has chosen its preferred partner to extract the precious metal from hot rock waters at its pilot plant.
The firm, which has its headquarters at the Tremough Innovation Centre in Penryn, selected GeoLith to extract lithium from brines at the United Downs plant, which it runs in a joint venture with Geothermal Engineering Limited.
GeoLith’s direct lithium extraction technology was selected with a view to start lithium extraction on site by March 2022.
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UK Debuts Geothermal Plant Using Heat From the Earth to Power 10,000 Homes
Jan 8, 2021
In Cornwall, the UK’s first-ever geothermal power plant has just put pen to paper on a 10-year deal to sell its supply of electricity to 10,000 local homes.
Geothermal Engineering Ltd.
The plant creates power by mixing water down two wells, one of which is three miles deep, that pass through the Porthtowan fault zone and the red hot water and granite rocks within.
The United Downs Deep Geothermal Power Project was funded throughout the 2010s by a mixture of private and public support. Now set to be fully operational in 12 months’ time, Ecotricity, the world’s first renewable energy company, has signed a deal to buy three megawatts of geothermal power for the area.