Vulcan Energy has signed a major contract with Turboden and ROM Technik for the development, procurement and construction of the commercial geothermal power plant near Landau, Germany.
The plant, forming part of the Phase One Lionheart Project, will have the capacity to produce 275GWh of power and 24,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide.
Lionheart will utilise Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology in generating renewable power from Vulcan’s geothermal brine, which is produced as a co-product alongside lithium at the company’s upstream Geothermal and Lithium Extraction Plant.
Turboden specialises in the design, manufacture and maintenance of ORC systems, which ROM Technik specialises in technical building equipment and installation services and will be responsible for co-ordinating the respective contractors on the construction of the plant.
Vulcan Energy’s Managing Director and CEO, Cris Moreno, said, “Securing the services of both Turboden and ROM Technik, who are both leaders in their respective fields, will underpin the construction of the geothermal power plant, and we are fully confident in their ability to execute having delivered similar type projects in Germany and globally. This is yet another milestone in our aim to deliver a local, low-cost source of sustainable lithium for the European battery supply chain, with a co-product of renewable energy production.”