Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. met with Raser Technologies at their headquarters in Provo, UT to discuss Utah’s new leadership energy role in geothermal development.

“First, just as Wall Street is known for finance and Silicone Valley for technology, by 2012, I believe Utah can become the premier destination in America for renewable energy!

And don’t tell me it can’t be done! In just this past year alone, we have witnessed in Utah the opening of a solar farm, a hydroelectric plant, a wind farm and a geothermal plant. To support this energy development, innovation at our higher education campuses is running at an all-time high, like technologies that will ensure the long-term viability of our abundant natural resources. The University of Utah is now second only to MIT in commercialization of cutting-edge research.”

-Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. at the State of the State Address

Senator Huntsman met with Raser’s CEO Brent Cook, Executive Vice President Dick Clayton, Vice President David West and other Raser representatives. They discussed the recent discovery of one of the largest reservoir of geothermal energy in the nation and Raser’s development of this resource and its impact of this on the State of Utah’s energy plan.