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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.

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.

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.

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.

UNU-GTP has launched a 12 week course on surface exploration in geothermal areas for KenGen of Kenya. The course commenced on September 13 at Lake Naivasha with a two week geology lecture series taught by Anette K. Mortensen and Bjorn Hardarson of ISOR. Participants are about 40, all of whom are KenGen staff. The geology course will be followed by a course in geochemistry and in another two weeks; geophysics. After the lecture series the course will conclude with fieldwork and project work.

The UNU-GTP yearbook "Geothermal Training in Iceland 2009" which was released last August is now available for downloading on-line under publications. The yearbook has been sent out to former UNU-GTP Fellows, supervisors, scientific institutions and libraries. If, for some reason, the book should not reach any of the former Fellows, please be in contact with current contact information and we will send out another copy.  Others who do not receive a book automatically but are interested in a free copy should also be in contact at unugtp@unugtp.is with information of mailing address.