As the United States confronts the challenges posed by the rise of hostile foreign powers and a changing climate, we must embrace geothermal energy as an innovative approach to, undoing our dependence on foreign adversaries, and securing American energy security. That’s why it’s crucial for House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring to the House floor ourFor too long, government red tape has slowed our nation’s ability to urgently move clean energy projects forward.
We know geothermal energy works. As the top two geothermal states in the nation, California and Nevada are leading the way forward in unlocking geothermal energy’s full potential. Similarly, Nevada is now home to the country’s first enhanced geothermal plant — “Project Red,” the result of a partnership between Google and Fervo Energy — which is actively producing carbon-free energy to power Google Cloud operations in Las Vegas as well as data centers across the state. The U.S.
By expanding geothermal sites and creating more geothermal brine, the U.S. can significantly increase the ability to extract, refine, and produce lithium domestically, all while creating new jobs here at home. DOE confirmed last year that the Salton Sea region’s resources alone could produce more than 3,400 kilotons of lithium, enough to support more than 375 million batteries for EVs — more than the total number of vehicles currently on U.S. roads.