The Energy & Geoscience Institute announces Dr. Kristie McLin as Director of Research and Science and new Principal Investigator of the Utah FORGE project, succeeding Dr. Joseph Moore.
2018
FORGEing ahead” in the University of Utah College of Engineering 2018 Research Report (pg. 16)
University of Utah College of Engineering
A key to developing future technologies in geothermal energy lay thousands of feet beneath the dirt and rubble in a stretch of land in central Utah. Near the small town of Milford in Beaver County, the University of Utah will construct one of the world’s leading geothermal research laboratories.
Grant to aid in geothermal research in rural Utah
KSL by Jasen Lee, Deseret News
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development approved a $365,000 grant in conjunction with the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy. The project will create 23 new jobs with an average full-time wage of $94,000 per year and a capital investment of more than $100 million, according to Rob Simmons, deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Energy Development.
GOED Approves Economic Opportunity Grant for FORGE
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) has approved an Industrial Assistance Account. A post-performance Economic Opportunity Grant for the amount of $365,000 for the Frontier Observatory for Research in the Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE). The project will create 23 new jobs with an average full-time wage of $94,000 per year. And a capital investment of more than $100 million.