25 October 2010
Graduation of Class 2010
The Closing Ceremony of the 32nd annual session of the UNU-GTP was held on October 22, 2010. A record number of 28 UNU Fellows from fifteen countries completed the traditional six
month specialized geothermal courses. The Fellows came from China 3, Commonwealth of Dominica 1, Comoros 1, Costa Rica 1, Djibouti 1, El Salvador 2, Eritrea 1, Ethiopia 1, Indonesia 3, Kenya 8,
Mongolia 1, Nevis 1, Nicaragua 2, Rwanda 1, and Yemen 1. They were 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.
19 October 2010
Graduation of Class 2010
The closing ceremony of the 32nd annual session of the UNU-GTP will be held 13:30 in Orkugardur on October 22nd, 2010. Twenty eight UNU Fellows from fifteen countries will complete the traditional
six month specialized geothermal courses this year.
14 October 2010
Field trip to the East Fjords
Monday 4th of October the
fellows visited the East Iceland to learn about pelagic fisheries, pelagic fish processing and fish meal production.
13 October 2010
Popularity of UNU-GTP reports
Statistics at the National Energy Authority - Orkustofnun (NEA) show that UNU-GTP reports account for 11 out of the 30 most visited sub pages (URLs) at NEA during the first 11 days of October. The
most visited UNU-GTP report during this period is the Masters thesis by Tesha published in 2009. The thesis is currently in 10thplace and has been visited 544 times during October
1st and October 11th. Furthermore the UNU-GTP website is number 9 on the top 10 entry page list through NEA and number 5 on the top 10 exit page list through NEA.
9 October 2010
The first graduation of UNU-LRT fellows
On October 7th the first six fellows graduated since the Land Restoration Training programme became a part of the United Nations
University. The graduated fellows are from Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Niger, and Mongolia. At the graduation ceremony the fellow presented their individual project work which they worked on during the latter part of the
programme.
7 October 2010
UNU-GTP seminar 2010 on geothermal development
The annual seminar on geothermal development with presentations of the UNU Fellow projects will be given in the main lecture room at Orkugardur on Tuesday, October 12th, 2010, starting at
09:30.
Click here for the full programme.