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Papers presented at "Short Course on Geothermal Development and Geothermal Wells" organized by UNU-GTP and LaGeo in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, March 11-17, 2012.

Papers from the Short Course series are published in a CD format (ISBN 978-9979-68-309-4)

 Georgsson, L.S., and Fridleifsson, I.B., 2012:  Geothermal energy in the world with some emphasis on the status in Latin America and capacity building.
 Axelsson, G., 2012:  Sustainable geothermal utilization.
 Ngugi, P., 2012:  Kenya's plans for geothermal development - a giant step forward for geothermal.
 Montalvo, F.E., 2012:  Current status of geothermal resources development in Central America.
 Flores-Armenta, M., 2012:  Geothermal activity and development in Mexico - keeping the production going.
 Moya, P., Nietzen., F., and Castro, F., 2012:  Production and injection at Miravalles and Las Pailas geothermal fields, Costa Rica.
 Guidos, J., and Burgos, J., 2012:  Geothermal activity and development in El Salvador - producing and developing.
 Ruiz, F., 2012:  Geothermal activity and development in Nicaragua - producing and developing.
 Asturias, A.F., 2012:  Status update of geothermal development in Guatemala.
 Maynard-Date, A., 2012:  Geothermal development progress in the Eastern Caribbean Islands.
 Haraldsson, I.G., 2012:  Geothermal activity and development in South America:  A short overview of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
 Gunnlaugsson, E., 2012:  The Hellisheidi geothermal project - financial aspects of geothermal development.
 Ngugi, P., 2012:  What does geothermal cost? - the Kenya experience.
 Ngugi, P., 2012:  Financing the Kenyan geothermal vision.
 Haraldsson, I.G., 2012:  Geothermal project funding through the Clean Development Mechanism.
 Franco, L.A., 2012:  Geothermal development, climate change and CDM benefits in El Salvador.
 Haraldsson, I.G., 2012:  Legal and regulatory framework - barrier or motivation for geothermal development?
 Björnsson, S., Steingrímsson, B., Ragnarsson, Á., and Adalsteinsson, H., 2012:  Master plan for geothermal and hydropower development in Iceland.
 Thórhallsson, S., 2012:  Life cycle of geothermal wells - general experience.
 Jaimes-Maldonado, J.G., Gutiérrez-Negrín, L.C.A., and Diez León, H.D., 2012:  Life cycle of geothermal wells - experience in Mexico.
 Ngugi, P., 2012:  Planning large scale geothermal drilling in Kenya.
 Thórhallsson, S., and Sveinbjörnsson, B.M., 2012:  Geothermal drilling cost and drilling effectiveness.
 Axelsson, G., and Franzson, H., 2012:  Geothermal drilling targets and well siting.
 Thórhallsson, S., and Gunnlaugsson, E., 2012:  Directional wells.
 Mayorga, H., 2012:  Geothermal reinjection systems in El Salvador.
 Ramos, S.A., 2012:  Aerated drilling.
 Arévalo, J.A., 2012:  Workover operations in El Salvador.
 Thórhallsson, S., and Gunnsteinsson, S.S., 2012:  Slim wells for geothermal exploration.
 Axelsson, G., 2012:  Role and management of geothermal reinjection.
 Axelsson, G., 2012:  Logging, testing and monitoring geothermal wells.
 Thórhallsson, S., 2012:  Cleaning and stimulation of geothermal wells.
 Flores-Armenta, M., and Morales Alcalá, L.M., 2012:  How much stimulation can we afford?
 Barrios, L., Guerra, C.E., Jacobo, P.E., and Mayorga, H., 2012:  Acid stimulation of geothermal reservoirs.
 Castro, S., 2012:  Increasing permeability in geothermal wells through hydro-fracturing for the Las Pailas and Borinquen geothermal fields, Costa Rica.
 Porras, E., 2012:  Stimulating wells - the experience in the Momotombo geothermal field, Nicaragua.
 Thórhallsson, S., 2012:  Common problems faced in geothermal generation and how to deal with them.
 Sánchez-Rivera, E., and Solís-Salguero, L., 2012:  Geochemical monitoring:  Understanding and solving problems associated with geothermal fluid chemistry.
 Gunnlaugsson, E., 2012:  Scaling prediction modelling.
 Guerra, C.E., and Jacobo, P.E., 2012:  pH modifications for silica control in geothermal fluids.
 Moya, P., and Nietzen, F., 2012:  Performance of calcium carbonate inhibition and neutralization systems for production wells at the Miravalles geothermal field.
 Jacobo, P.E., Guerra, C.E., Cartagena, H., and Hernández, B., 2012:  Calcite inhibition in the Ahuachapán geothermal field, El Salvador.
 Moya, P., and Mora, R., 2012:  Iron meters for production wells at the Miravalles geothermal field.
 Gunnlaugsson, E., 2012:  Scaling in geothermal installations in Iceland.
 Thórhallsson, S., 2012:  Corrosion in geothermal wells and installations.