7 July 2008
Emergency landing on Holtavoerduheidi
On the afternoon of June 30th a small private plane emergency landed on Holtavörduheidi as the UNU-GTP Fellows were headed north on the annual excursion to
North Iceland. The plane landed due to complete motor stop for unknown reasons. UNU-GTP Fellows aided the pilot in moving the plane to secure grounds and provided a seat on the bus for the pasenger
on the plane who was headed north to Blönduós.
30 June 2008
Short Course III on Exploration for Geothermal Resources
United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland and Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen) will be hosting “Short Course III on Exploration for
Geothermal Resources”, to be held at Lake Bogoria Hotel and Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge, 24 October - 18 November, 2008.
Announcement
30 June 2008
Short course on Geothermal Project Management and Development
United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland, Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen) and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development – Department of
Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM) will be hosting „Short Course on Geothermal Project Management and Development“ to be held on November 20-22, 2008, at the Imperial Botanical Beach
Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda. The short course is scheduled prior and in connection to the ARGeo C-2 Conference to be held on November 24-28, 2008 in Entebbe.
Announcement
26 June 2008
MSc defence by Saeid Jalili Nasrabadi
UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Saeid Jalili Nasrabadi, from Iran, defended his MSc thesis at the University of Iceland on Friday June 20, 2008. The thesis was entitled "Open Heat Excheanger for Improved Energy
Efficiency in the Heating of Hot Spas". Gudrún Sævarsdóttir and Halldór Pálsson were supervisors on the project. The external examiner was Páll Valdimarsson.
27 May 2008
MSc defence by Jaime Austria
UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Jaime Austria, from the Phillipines, defended his MSc thesis at the University of Iceland, on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at 13:00-14:00. The
MSc thesis was entitled "Production Capacity Assessment of the Bacon-Manito Geothermal Reservoir, Phillipines". Grímur Bjornsson (OR), Jónas Ketílsson (OS) and Páll
Valdimarsson (HÍ) were supervisors on the project.
27 May 2008
MSc defence by Daher Elmi Houssein
UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Daher Elmi Houssein, from Djibouti, defended his MSc thesis on May 5, 2008, at the University of Iceland. The examiner was Einar
Gunnlaugsson (OR). The thesis was entitled “Geothermal Resource Assessment Through Well Testing and Production Response Modelling”. Guðni Axelsson (ÍSOR) og Ólafur
P. Pálsson (HÍ) were supervisors on the project.