Salient comments from an expert panel on energy geotechnics

This paper presents the main discussions and comments associated with the Panel 1-C on 'Geo-engineering for Energy'. This discussion panel was organised by the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering's Technical Committee on Energy Geotechnics (TC308) in the context of the XV Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 15 and 18 November 2015. Three experts in the area of energy geotechnics were invited to express their views on four questions prepared by the panel organisers. This contribution also presents a brief description of the TC308 activities, the questions suggested to the invited panellists, the associated replies and some closing comments from the organisers of the panel.