13 October 2010
Popularity of UNU-GTP reports
Statistics at the National Energy Authority - Orkustofnun (NEA) show that UNU-GTP reports account for 11 out of the 30 most visited sub pages (URLs) at NEA during the first 11 days of October. The
most visited UNU-GTP report during this period is the Masters thesis by Tesha published in 2009. The thesis is currently in 10thplace and has been visited 544 times during October
1st and October 11th. Furthermore the UNU-GTP website is number 9 on the top 10 entry page list through NEA and number 5 on the top 10 exit page list through NEA.
9 October 2010
The first graduation of UNU-LRT fellows
On October 7th the first six fellows graduated since the Land Restoration Training programme became a part of the United Nations
University. The graduated fellows are from Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Niger, and Mongolia. At the graduation ceremony the fellow presented their individual project work which they worked on during the latter part of the
programme.
7 October 2010
UNU-GTP seminar 2010 on geothermal development
The annual seminar on geothermal development with presentations of the UNU Fellow projects will be given in the main lecture room at Orkugardur on Tuesday, October 12th, 2010, starting at
09:30.
Click here for the full programme.
21 September 2010
New group of fellows
The 13th cohort of fellows has arrived in Iceland for the 6 months training programme.
20 September 2010
KenGen Course on Surface Exploration
UNU-GTP has launched a 12 week course on surface exploration in geothermal areas for KenGen of Kenya. The course commenced on September 13 at Lake Naivasha with a two week geology lecture series
taught by Anette K. Mortensen and Bjorn Hardarson of ISOR. Participants are about 40, all of whom are KenGen staff.
The geology course will be followed by a course in geochemistry and in another two weeks; geophysics. After the lecture series the course will conclude with fieldwork and project work.
16 September 2010
Yearbook 2009 available online
The UNU-GTP yearbook "Geothermal
Training in Iceland 2009" which was released last August is now available for downloading on-line under publications.
The yearbook has been sent out to former UNU-GTP Fellows, supervisors, scientific institutions and libraries.
If, for some reason, the book should not reach any of the former Fellows, please be in contact with current contact information and we will send out another copy. Others who do not
receive a book automatically but are interested in a free copy should also be in contact at unugtp@unugtp.is with information of mailing address.