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Tesla is in talks to buy lithium from Warren Buffett’s geothermal wells in
California, report says
标题：据报导说，Tesla 正在与Buffett 在加州的地热井公司就购买锂问题进行对话
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 能源公司希望从其Salton Sea 地热发
电厂中提取大量锂，而据报导Tesla 正在与其进行谈判想成为买家。
长期关注Tesla 的人会记得，这家汽车制造商在2014年以3.25亿美元的价格尝试
收购一家在Salton Sea 的锂业新创公司但失败了。
Now they could be again looking to use lithium from area to supply
Gigafactory 1 in Nevada.
现在，他们可能会再次寻求使用来自该地区的锂来供应内华达州的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 报导，Berkshire Hathaway 能源公司正在与Salton Sea Industries
就从其盐水中提取锂的协议进行对话中。
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.
据文件显示，Warren Buffett 在加州的地热井每年可生产高达9万吨的锂。
At current prices, the value of the lithium would be worth about 5 times the
power that the wells are generating.
按目前的价格计算，锂的价值约为地热井产值的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.
但这还没成为定局，因为为了从中提取大量的锂，估计需要25亿美元的投资。