Overview

• CTR and Baker Hughes signed definitive agreements to develop up to 500 MW in Phase 2 of the Hell’s Kitchen project in Imperial County, California.
• Baker Hughes will deploy high‑temperature drilling technologies, power systems and digital field services, and will help raise capital to reduce project costs.
• The partners plan to market the electricity to hyperscale data centers, and the EIA reports geothermal plants emit about 99% less CO2 than fossil fuel facilities.
• CTR is nearing a final investment decision for the 50 MW first phase, which is committed to the local utility and targets commercial operations in 2027.
• CTR says the project will co‑produce battery‑grade lithium, has a 40 MW PPA with the Imperial Irrigation District and lithium supply deals with U.S. automakers, and holds federal and local approvals supporting late‑decade deployment.