Hell's Kitchen

Controlled Thermal Resources · Imperial County, CA · California DEVELOPER HEALTHWATCH

Up to 500 MW of geothermal power at the Salton Sea, built in stages with Baker Hughes, that also extracts battery-grade lithium from the brine. Stage 1 has a conditional use permit to begin construction.

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Power

500 MW

Geothermal · First commercial

Storage

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energy capacity

Online

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not announced

Capital committed

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closed or awarded

Capital pending

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conditional or under review

How it works

Conventional

Wells tap natural underground reservoirs of hot water and steam. It runs the turbine at the surface, then the cooled water goes back down a second well to keep the reservoir going.

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No project-level financing disclosed yet.

Milestones

Grid, permits and build

Grid connection: Likely IID queue GI-2023-174 and GI-2023-176: two 157 MW geothermal requests at the Sinclair 230 kV substation (filed 2023, proposed 2029; requester names withheld)
Permits: Stage 1 conditional use permit to begin construction (Imperial County)
Who's building it: Baker Hughes (power plant partner)

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Hell's Kitchen

Conventional

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Milestones

Grid, permits and build

Hell's Kitchen

Conventional

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Milestones

Grid, permits and build

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