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| John L. Featherstone geothermal plant |
The Salton Sea would be an ideal place for the gigafactory.
Land is cheap. There's access to railroad tracks and Interstate 10. Renewable energy resources are plentiful to power the factory — wind, solar and geothermal, which can generate a consistent flow of electricity.
Most important is access to a domestic supply of lithium chloride. Simbol Materials extracts lithium at the Featherstone geothermal plant in Calipatria, which could be used for Tesla's mass production of batteries for Model 3.
And it would help the Imperial Irrigation District's plan to create a revenue stream from renewable energy projects to help pay for restoration projects at the sea.
Imperial County's unemployment rate stands at 21.6 percent, among the highest in the country. Building the Tesla factory here would have a huge impact on the regional economy.
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