Short Course on geothermal project management in Uganda 2008
9 December 2008
A short course on “Geothermal Project Management and Development” was held on November 20-22 at Entebbe, Uganda. This three day event was
co-organized by the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP), Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen) and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (DGSM)
in Uganda.
The 22 African participants came from 10 countries of East Africa. Besides the home country Uganda with 5 participants, the other African participants came from
Djibouti (3), Ethiopia (3), Eritrea (1), Tanzania (4), Rwanda (1), Burundi (1), Zambia (2), D.R. Congo (1), and finally Yemen (1) the last country sharing common geological features with East Africa.
In addition two Europeans were also taking part, from BGR in Germany, and from UNIDO-ICS in Italy. As the name indicates the short course was focussed on geothermal project management and the
development of geothermal resources. The aim was to promote and improve focus in planning of geothermal projects in the region and further the development of geothermal resources into production. The
timing of the short course was prior to the scheduled ARGeo C-2 conference be held in Entebbe, Uganda on November 24-25. The ARGeo facility and conferences are the main cooperation partnerships of
the East African countries with regard to geothermal development.
Teaching and organization of the short course was in the hands of 5 experts from Iceland (UNU-GTP, ISOR – Iceland GeoSurvey, and Reykjavik Geothermal), 6 experts from Kenya and one from both of Ethiopia and Uganda, all former UNU Fellows. In addition, two renowned international experts in geothermal utilization and development were lecturing, coming from El Salvador and the Philippines.
The lectures and project work covered the status of geothermal energy in the world, with emphasis on East Africa, phases of geothermal development, resource assessment and geothermal project planning and management. The programme of the Short Course can be accessed here (pdf file).
Teaching and organization of the short course was in the hands of 5 experts from Iceland (UNU-GTP, ISOR – Iceland GeoSurvey, and Reykjavik Geothermal), 6 experts from Kenya and one from both of Ethiopia and Uganda, all former UNU Fellows. In addition, two renowned international experts in geothermal utilization and development were lecturing, coming from El Salvador and the Philippines.
The lectures and project work covered the status of geothermal energy in the world, with emphasis on East Africa, phases of geothermal development, resource assessment and geothermal project planning and management. The programme of the Short Course can be accessed here (pdf file).
The figure shows the group of participants with some of the lecturers and was taken during the first day.