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On June 20, during the visit of Ludvik S. Georgsson, the Deputy Director of the UNU-GTP, to China in June, the Icelandic Ambassador in Beijing, Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson hosted a reception for the former UNU Fellows in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and other good friends of the Icelandic Embassy in Beijing, both Chinese and Icelandic.

United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland and La Geo S.A. de C.V. (LaGeo) in El Salvador will be hosting a “Short Course on Surface Exploration for Geothermal Resources”, to be held in El Salvador, 17-30 October, 2009. Announcement

On Tuesday the 16th of June the UNU-GTP hosted an official visit by the Minister of Energy of Rwanda H.E. Albert Butare and the Ambassador of Rwanda to England H.E. Claver Gatete. The delegation came to discuss possibilities in geothermal in Rwanda and was introduced to The National Energy Authority of Iceland, Iceland GeoSurvey and the UNU-GTP. The delegation was assisted by current UNU-Fellow from Rwanda Uwera Rutagarama and Icelandic resident from Rwanda, Augustin Dufatanye.

Yearbook 2008 is now available online. The book containins research reports by UNU-Fellows in 2008. 80% of the reports are based on projects in the respective countries or alternatively on projects in Iceland where the geothermal conditions in the respective countries are taken into concideration. Yearbook 2008

UNU-GTP MSc student Roberto Renderos, from El Salvador, defended his MSc thesis etitled "Carbon dioxide fixation by calcite and diffusive degassing in the Southern region of the Berlin geothermal system, El Salvador", Monday June 8, 2009. The defence was held at the University of Iceland, Askja, Room 131. The supervisor on the MSc project was Halldór Ármannsson, and the external examiner was Sigurður Reynir Gíslason.

UNU-GTP MSc student Mulugeta Asaye Adale, from Ethiopia, was defending his MSc thesis etitled "Evaluation of Maintenance Management through Benchmarking in Geothermal Power Plants", Thursday May 28, 2009. The defence was held at the University of Iceland. The supervisor on the MSc project was Magnús Thór Jónsson, and the external examiner was Geir Thorolfsson form Sudurnes Regional Heating Corporation.