Geothermal Resources Council Announces Scholarship Winners
$15,000 in Scholarship Awards will be presented at the 2016 GRC Annual Meeting
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| Last year's Student Scholarship Winners |
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) is pleased to announce the recipients of six GRC Scholarship Awards.
The selection of recipients was based upon a variety of factors, including the individual’s academic record, student activities, geothermal industry experience, and career goals.
The scholarships, totaling $15,000, will be presented at the
40th GRC Annual Meeting, to be held in Sacramento, California, USA, from October 23–26.
The winner of the GRC Student Project Award ($4,500) is
Joshua Blackstock (University of Arkansas).
The three winners of the GRC Graduate Scholarship Awards ($2,500 each) are
Erin Camp (Cornell University),
Jeff Cullen (University of Texas at Austin) and
Gudni Rosenkjaer (University of British Columbia).
Finally, the two winners of the GRC Undergraduate Scholarship Awards ($1,500 each) are
Chantel Jensen (University of California, Davis) and
Jon Golla (University of Puget Sound).
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2016-31, released initially in May 2016, clarifies and expands previous IRS guidance on satisfying the “beginning of construction” requirement for renewable energy facilities to qualify for production tax credits (PTC), reflecting the extensions of the PTC under the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH Act).
