29 August 2008
Presentations available for download
Presentations given by this years visiting lecturer Dr. Wang Kun are now available for download in pdf. format from here.
5 August 2008
Annual visiting lecturer at the UNU-GTP
This year, the annual UNU Visiting Lecturer is Wang Kun, Senior Engineer and Deputy Director of the Geothermal Management Department at Tianjin Bureau of Land,
Resources and Real Estate Management (TBLRREM), Tinajin, China.
25 July 2008
MSc defence by Clety Kwambai Bore
On Thursday July 24 2008 Clety Kwambai Bore defended his Msc thesis at the University of Iceland. Cety came to Iceland as a UNU-GTP Msc Fellow in 2006 and has been
studying at the Faculty of Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Magnús Thór jónsson and Dr. Gudrún A Saevarsdóttir.
7 July 2008
Emergency landing on Holtavoerduheidi
On the afternoon of June 30th a small private plane emergency landed on Holtavörduheidi as the UNU-GTP Fellows were headed north on the annual excursion to
North Iceland. The plane landed due to complete motor stop for unknown reasons. UNU-GTP Fellows aided the pilot in moving the plane to secure grounds and provided a seat on the bus for the pasenger
on the plane who was headed north to Blönduós.
30 June 2008
Short Course III on Exploration for Geothermal Resources
United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland and Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen) will be hosting “Short Course III on Exploration for
Geothermal Resources”, to be held at Lake Bogoria Hotel and Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge, 24 October - 18 November, 2008.
Announcement
30 June 2008
Short course on Geothermal Project Management and Development
United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland, Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen) and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development – Department of
Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM) will be hosting „Short Course on Geothermal Project Management and Development“ to be held on November 20-22, 2008, at the Imperial Botanical Beach
Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda. The short course is scheduled prior and in connection to the ARGeo C-2 Conference to be held on November 24-28, 2008 in Entebbe.
Announcement