News

Wednesday the 14th of July the national news channel RUV broadcasted a news item on how Ystihver is made to erupt for the UNU-GTP annually by feeding the geyser 10 kg of brown soap. Thomas Ongau Miyoro and Thecla Munanie Mutia, both from Kenya, were interviewed by the reporter on the experience.

A seven page article on the UNU Geothermal Training Programme with pictures taken by Pall Stefansson is to be found in the latest issue of the Magazine Iceland Review. The magazine can be purchased in bookshops in Reykjavík but is also available on loan from libraries (including the library at Orkugardur).

Last week there was an article in the local newspaper in Hafnarfjordur on practical training carried out by the UNU Fellows in reservoir engineering. The local water supply permitted the UNU Fellows to use a production well and pumps at Kaldarsel for various exercises. The teacher responsible for the group was Pall Jonsson from ISOR.

United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland and Geothermal Development Company (GDC), and Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen) will be hosting “Short Course V on Exploration for Geothermal Resources”, to be held at Lake Bogoria and Lake Naivasha, Kenya, 29 October – 19 November, 2010.  Invitations for nominations will be sent out in late June.  For preliminary programme see here.

The 32nd annual session of the UNU-GTP opened on  May 6, 2010. This year a record number of 28 UNU Fellows participate in the six month specialized courses. They come from China 3, Comoros 1, Costa Rica 1, Djibouti 1, Dominica 1, El Salvador 2, Eritrea 1, Ethiopia 1, Indonesia 3, Kenya 8, Mongolia 1, Nevis 1, Nicarauga 2. Rwanda 1, and Yemen 1. They will be trained in: Chemistry of Thermal Fluids 5, Reservoir Engineering 5, Borehole Geology 4, Environmental Science 4, Geothermal Utilization 4, Geophysical Exploration 3, and Drilling Technology 3, and Reservoir engineering 3.

During the second week of April, three UNU-GTP MSc Fellows defended their MSc thesis at the University of Iceland.