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Yearbook 2008 is now available online. The book containins research reports by UNU-Fellows in 2008. 80% of the reports are based on projects in the respective countries or alternatively on projects in Iceland where the geothermal conditions in the respective countries are taken into concideration. Yearbook 2008

UNU-GTP MSc student Roberto Renderos, from El Salvador, defended his MSc thesis etitled "Carbon dioxide fixation by calcite and diffusive degassing in the Southern region of the Berlin geothermal system, El Salvador", Monday June 8, 2009. The defence was held at the University of Iceland, Askja, Room 131. The supervisor on the MSc project was Halldór Ármannsson, and the external examiner was Sigurður Reynir Gíslason.

UNU-GTP MSc student Mulugeta Asaye Adale, from Ethiopia, was defending his MSc thesis etitled "Evaluation of Maintenance Management through Benchmarking in Geothermal Power Plants", Thursday May 28, 2009. The defence was held at the University of Iceland. The supervisor on the MSc project was Magnús Thór Jónsson, and the external examiner was Geir Thorolfsson form Sudurnes Regional Heating Corporation.

United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland and Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen) will be hosting “Short Course IV on Exploration for Geothermal Resources”, to be held at Lake Bogoria Hotel and Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge, Kenya, 1-22 November, 2009. Announcement

UNU-GTP MSc student Tesha, from Indonesia, defended his MSc thesis etitled "Absorption refrigeration system as an integrated condenser cooling unit in geothermal power plant", on Friday May 8, 2009. The defence was held in VR-II, at the University of Iceland. The supervisors on the MSc project were Páll Valdimarsson and Thrándur Sigurjón Ólafsson, and the external examiner at the defence was Halldór Pálsson.

UNU-GTP MSc student Roy Bandoro Swandaru, from Indonesia, defended his MSc thesis etitled "Modeling and optimization of possible bottoming units for general single flash geothermal power plants", Thursday May 14, 2009. The defence was held at the University of Iceland, in VR-II. The supervisors on the MSc project were Halldór Pálsson and Tómas Philip Rúnarsson, and the external examiner at the defence was Páll Valdimarsson.