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Tesla is in talks to buy lithium from Warren Buffett’s geothermal wells in
California, report says
標題：據報導說，Tesla 正在與Buffett 在加州的地熱井公司就購買鋰問題進行對話
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy is looking to potentially extract
large amounts of lithium from its Salton Sea geothermal plants and Tesla is
reportedly in talks to be a customer.
Those who have been following Tesla for a long time will remember that the
automaker tried and failed to buy a lithium startup in the Salton Sea for
$325 million back in 2014.
Warren Buffett 的Berkshire Hathaway 能源公司希望從其Salton Sea 地熱發
電廠中提取大量鋰，而據報導Tesla 正在與其進行談判想成為買家。
長期關注Tesla 的人會記得，這家汽車製造商在2014年以3.25億美元的價格嘗試
收購一家在Salton Sea 的鋰業新創公司但失敗了。
Now they could be again looking to use lithium from area to supply
Gigafactory 1 in Nevada.
現在，他們可能會再次尋求使用來自該地區的鋰來供應內華達州的Gigafactory 1。
Financial Times (paywall) reported that Berkshire Hathaway Energy is in talks
with Salton Sea Industries over an agreement to extract lithium from its
brines.
Financial Times 報導，Berkshire Hathaway 能源公司正在與Salton Sea Industries
就從其鹽水中提取鋰的協議進行對話中。
Tesla is reportedly interested in the lithium:
“It has been in discussions to supply Tesla with lithium, a component for
batteries to power electric cars, said people familiar with the company.”
The automaker has always said that it aims to get raw materials for battery
production at Gigafactory 1 from more local sources.
There are lithium reserves fairly close to the factory in Nevada, but only
one is currently in production and many other exploitation projects are
lagging behind.
Warren Buffett’s geothermal wells in California could produce up to 90,000
tonnes of lithium a year, according to fundraising documents.
據文件顯示，Warren Buffett 在加州的地熱井每年可生產高達9萬噸的鋰。
At current prices, the value of the lithium would be worth about 5 times the
power that the wells are generating.
按目前的價格計算，鋰的價值約為地熱井產值的5倍。
That said, it’s not a done deal since an estimated $2.5 billion investment
would be required in order to extract that much lithium from the project.
但這還沒成為定局，因為為了從中提取大量的鋰，估計需要25億美元的投資。