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17 November 2021

November 30 is the application deadline for the MSc / PhD Scholarships

Fellows graduated from the Six Month Training Programme are eligible to apply for a MSc and/or PhD Scholarship to study at the University of Iceland (UI) and Reykjavík University (RU).

16 November 2021

Graduation of Fellows 2021

The 42nd session of the Geothermal Training Programme closed on Friday 19th of November.

4 November 2021

Final project seminar - Tuesday 9 November

On November 9, the final project seminar of the Six Month Fellows will be held.

Geoffrey Kiptoo Mibei is a geologist at the Geothermal Development Company (GDC) since 2010. He was born within Nakuru County, Kenya. He obtained a BSc in Geology in 2008 and MSc in Geochemistry in 2012 from the University of Nairobi. In 2012, he received a Six Months Fellowship at the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland. In September 2017, he received a UNU-GTP Fellowship to do his PhD in Geology at the University of Iceland.

20 October 2021

PhD defence by Geoffrey Kiptoo Mibei

Thursday the 28th of October from 15:00-18:00

11 October 2021

MSc defence by John Joseph Lubuva

John Joseph Lubuva from Tanzania, MSc Fellow in Sustainable Energy Engineering at the Reykjavík University will defend his MSc project on Thursday 14 October, 2021 at 16:00.

8 October 2021

SDG Short Course V on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources to be held in Kenya in November 2021

GRÓ GTP, KenGen, and GDC will be hosting SDG Short Course V on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources during 14 November – 4 December, 2021, at Lake Bogoria and Lake Naivasha in Kenya.