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class="teasertext"><p><strong>Vulcan and BASF have signed a letter of intent to investigate the use of geothermal energy at the chemical company's Ludwigshafen site. While BASF is interested in geothermal energy, Vulcan is focussing on the extraction of lithium from deep geothermal energy.</strong></p></div><figure class="thumbnail"><div class="wrapper "> <img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI5MDAiIGhlaWdodD0iNjAwIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgOTAwIDYwMCI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" width="900" height="600" data-src="https://www.electrive.com/media/2023/09/vulcan-energy-resources-frankfurt-2023-01-min-e1731319216289.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" /></div></figure><div class="sidebar"><div class="author">By Chris Randall</div><div class="date">21.11.2024 - 16:37 <br></div><div class="focus-tags"><ul class="tags"><li class="tag"><a href="https://www.electrive.com/tag/vulcan-energy-resources/" title="Vulcan Energy Resources">Vulcan Energy Resources</a></li><li class="tag"><a href="https://www.electrive.com/tag/basf/" title="BASF">BASF</a></li><li class="tag"><a href="https://www.electrive.com/tag/ludwigshafen/" title="Ludwigshafen">Ludwigshafen</a></li></ul></div><div class="c-interactions"><ul class="options"><li class="share"> <a href="#" class="button interactions-sharing" title="Teilen"></a><ul class="sub-options"><li><a href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.electrive.com%2F2024%2F11%2F21%2Fgeothermal-cooperation-basf-flirts-with-geothermal-energy-vulcan-with-lithium-plant%2F&text=Geothermal+cooperation%3A+BASF+flirts+with+geothermal+energy%2C+Vulcan+with+lithium+plant&via=electrive" title="Teilen auf X">X</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.electrive.com%2F2024%2F11%2F21%2Fgeothermal-cooperation-basf-flirts-with-geothermal-energy-vulcan-with-lithium-plant%2F&title=Geothermal+cooperation%3A+BASF+flirts+with+geothermal+energy%2C+Vulcan+with+lithium+plant" title="Teilen auf LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.electrive.com%2F2024%2F11%2F21%2Fgeothermal-cooperation-basf-flirts-with-geothermal-energy-vulcan-with-lithium-plant%2F" title="Teilen auf Facebook">Facebook</a></li></ul></li><li class="print"><a href="#" onclick="window.print()" class="button" title="Drucken"></a></li><li class="comments"><a href="#post-comments" class="button" title="Kommentare"></a></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="posts__single__content"><div class="content"><p class="wp-block-paragraph ">Just a few days ago, the German-Australian company Vulcan Energy announced that it had produced lithium hydroxide for the first time in Frankfurt-Höchst using its lithium precursor from geothermal brine. <a href="https://www.electrive.com/2024/11/11/vulcan-produces-first-lithium-hydroxide-in-germany/">Lithium made in Germany</a>, so to speak. Now comes another major announcement: Vulcan and chemical giant BASF are initiating a strategic partnership to discuss the use of geothermal energy at BASF’s headquarters.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph ">Together, the partners want to evaluate the utilisation of geothermal energy from deep geothermal energy, which could supply BASF’s main plant with base load-capable, renewable energy in the future. According to the two companies, the neighbouring towns of Frankenthal and Ludwigshafen should also benefit from the sustainable heat and are participating in the necessary seismic exploration in the Upper Rhine Graben as a first step. In order to utilise synergy effects in the course of the project, Vulcan is also considering the construction of a lithium extraction plant for the production of green lithium on the BASF site.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph ">“Assuming that the exploratory work is successful, heat pumps could be used to take advantage of the area’s geothermal energy to generate CO2-free steam,” BASF explains in a press release. With a potential output of 300 megawatts of thermal energy, around 4 million tonnes of this important energy source for the chemical industry could be produced annually at the Ludwigshafen site – without the use of fossil fuels. “This would prevent the emission of approximately 800,000 metric tons of CO₂, making a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions at BASF’s main site,” it says.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph ">Vulcan is also planning to produce sustainable lithium for the German and European battery and automotive industry as part of the project. The thermal water in the Upper Rhine Graben has a high concentration of the light metal. While BASF would use the hot thermal water to generate steam, Vulcan could then use it to extract lithium. The partners are currently examining the possibility of building a lithium extraction plant on the BASF site at a later date.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph ">Vulcan’s approach is primarily aimed at creating a local source of sustainable lithium in Europe. Vulcan’s combined geothermal and lithium resource is the largest in Europe, with licence areas concentrated in the Upper Rhine Valley in Germany. In <a href="https://www.electrive.com/2023/02/13/vulcan-energy-to-source-more-lithium-in-germany/">February 2023</a>, Vulcan announced the results of a definitive feasibility study for the first phase of its lithium project, according to which Vulcan initially intends to produce 24,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) per year. This is produced from lithium chloride in a multi-stage process.</p><div class="ad-space" ><div class="ad-space-block"><div id='div-gpt-ad-1694689614580-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'> <script src="data:text/javascript;base64,Z29vZ2xldGFnLmNtZC5wdXNoKGZ1bmN0aW9uKCl7Z29vZ2xldGFnLmRpc3BsYXkoJ2Rpdi1ncHQtYWQtMTY5NDY4OTYxNDU4MC0wJyl9KQ==" defer></script> </div></div></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph ">Vulcan has set up two test plants in Germany to refine the processes for the subsequent commercial plants. In April, the first lithium chloride was filtered out of the geothermal brine in the so-called LEOP (‘Lithium Extraction Optimisation Plant’) in Landau. In November, this preliminary product was further processed into battery-grade lithium hydroxide at the Central Lithium Electrolysis Optimisation Plant (CLEOP) at Industriepark Höchst. Both plants will later serve as a model for analogue facilities on a larger scale – potentially, as mentioned above, on the BASF site.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph ">“With this project, Vulcan aims to make a significant contribution to reducing CO₂ emissions from the region’s industrial sector. Supplying energy from renewable heat sources to the companies located in the Upper Rhine Valley is a cornerstone of our project development strategy,” says Thorsten Weimann, Managing Director of Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH. 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