Salton Sea Geothermal Plant Canceled by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy

It’s been 14 years since California officials first approved the Black Rock power plant, which would have tapped a powerful geothermal reservoir along the shore of the Salton Sea and generated enough climate-friendly electricity to power about 200,000 homes. But the long-planned geothermal plant in Imperial County was never built — and now its developer appears to be pulling the plug.