Visit from Shandong Province
14 November 2003
The UNU-GTP was very pleased to arrange a visit of a delegation from Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources in China to Iceland 3-7
November. The delegation was headed by Mr. Liu Zhan, Director General of the Bureau. He was accompanied by Mr. Liang Guizhi, Deputy Director, and Mr. Kang Fengxin, reservoir engineer. Shandong
Province (with 90 million inhabitants) is richly endowed with low- to medium-temperature geothermal resources (40-110 °C), but as yet the utilization is limited. The Bureau is planning a
demonstration project in Qihe district to use as a showcase to promote the use of geothermal energy.
The project will demonstrate the multipurpose use of geothermal energy including space heating, industrial processing, swimming pool, balneology, sanatorium, greenhouse etc. The delegation came to Iceland to visit the main geothermal localities in SW-Iceland and to discuss possible cooperation with the UNU-GTP and Icelandic geothermal specialists in the development of geothermal resources in Shandong. They had visited geothermal localities in France and Italy during the week before coming to Iceland. The Bureau has 14,000 staff members. One of them is Mr. Kang Fengxin who studied reservoir engineering at the UNU-GTP in 2000. There has been an active cooperation between geothermal specialists in China and Iceland for over two decades. We look forward to a long and good cooperation between Shandong Province and the international geothermal community in promoting geothermal utilization for the benefit of a better environment.
The project will demonstrate the multipurpose use of geothermal energy including space heating, industrial processing, swimming pool, balneology, sanatorium, greenhouse etc. The delegation came to Iceland to visit the main geothermal localities in SW-Iceland and to discuss possible cooperation with the UNU-GTP and Icelandic geothermal specialists in the development of geothermal resources in Shandong. They had visited geothermal localities in France and Italy during the week before coming to Iceland. The Bureau has 14,000 staff members. One of them is Mr. Kang Fengxin who studied reservoir engineering at the UNU-GTP in 2000. There has been an active cooperation between geothermal specialists in China and Iceland for over two decades. We look forward to a long and good cooperation between Shandong Province and the international geothermal community in promoting geothermal utilization for the benefit of a better environment.
The photo was taken at a meeting at the UNU-GTP, from left: Mr. Johann Thor Magnusson and Mr. Dadi Agustsson from Rafhonnun Consult. Eng., Mr. Kang Fengxin (UNU Fellow 2000), Dr. Ingvar
B. Fridleifsson Director UNU-GTP, Mr. Liu Zhan, Director General, Mr. Thorleikur Jonsson Fjarhitun Consult. Eng., Dr. Gudni Axelsson Iceland GeoSurvey, Mr. Liang Guizhi Deputy Director. The
Icelanders in the photo (apart from the UNU-GTP director) are presently involved in a geothermal project in Beijing.