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Successful start of GRC Annual Meeting and GEA GeoExpo+ in Salt Lake City

Successful start of GRC Annual Meeting and GEA GeoExpo+ in Salt Lake City Opening of GRC Annual Meeting 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah (source: ThinkGeoEnergy)
Alexander Richter 3 Oct 2017

The GRC Annual Meeting and GEA GeoExpo+ successfully kicked of today with the opening session and about 1,000 registered participants.

Over 1,000 attendees gathered today at the world’s largest annual geothermal energy event, the GRC Annual Meeting and GEA GeoExpo+, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event, started today will run until Oct. 4, 2017.

Utah Governor Gary Herbert addressed the Opening Session of the meeting and was joined by other special guests and energy experts. The Opening Session attracted leading researchers, academics, students, state and federal agency officials, and executives from over 200 companies, such as CYRQ Energy, Coso Energy, ENEL Green Power, Ormat Technologies, Inc., U.S. Geothermal Inc., and others that develop, build, maintain and operate geothermal plants around America and the world.

The GRC Annual Meeting will feature over 75 hours of technical presentations, workshops, fieldtrips, a plenary session, networking events and more. The GRC Technical Session programs will cover a wide array of topics pertaining to geothermal energy.

The GEA GeoExpo+ features exhibits by leading companies who are paving the way for geothermal development through new projects, products, services, and technology. The exhibit hall will be open Monday at noon through Wednesday at noon.

Source: GRC release