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The UNU-GTP has published the lectures by the visiting lecturer of the programme in 2011 Dr. Ernst Hunges.  The lectures: Reservoir characterization and geothermal exploration Geothermal Drilling Engineering geothermal reservoirs Energetic use of geothermal reservoirs Economics and environmental issues have been published in one publication as "Lectures on Enhanced Geothermal Systems" and are now available for download and printing on our website under Publications. 

UNU-GTP and LeGeo S.A. de C.V. will be hosting a one week Short Course on Geothermal Development and Geothermal Wells starting on 11 March in El Salvador.  Over the course of the week participants from Central-, and South-America and the Caribbean area will attend lectures given by local and international experts. Some practical sessions are included in the program as well as a field trip to Ahuachapan geothermal field.  

The Ambassador of Sri Lanka, Mr. Oshadhi Alahapperuma, visited the UNU-GTP on Tuesday the 28th of February.  He was escorted by Mr. S.B. Wijekoon, Minister Councellor and a representative for the Sri Lankan consul in Iceland, Sveinbjörg Pálsdóttir.  The purpose of the Ambassador‘s visit was to learn about the UNU-GTP and its operation, in Sri Lanka and all over the world. 

A Seminar, for the  presentations of the UNU-GTP MSc candidates who will defend their thesis at the University of Iceland this spring, will be held in Vidgelmir, Orkugarður, Grensásvegi 9 on the Thursday, 1 March, 09:00-12:00.

Prof. Jakob Rhyner, the Director of the UNU-EHS and the Vice Rector in Europe of the United Nations University, visited the UNU Iceland Programmes on Thursday the 16th of February. 

The UK’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, Stephen O‘Brien visited the UNU-GTP on Thursday the 9th of February. The minister came to Iceland to learn about the various ways in which the country uses it‘s geothermal resources.