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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.

The CD with papers and presentations from "Short Course III on Exploration for Geothermal resources" organized by UNU-GTP and KenGen in Naivasha, Kenya, 24 October - 17 Novemer 2008, is finally ready and will be mailed out to participants in the Short Course during this week. Other parties interested in a copy of the CD should send a request by e-mail to unugtp@os.is

The 31st annual session of the UNU-GTP opened on  April 21st, 2009. This year 21 UNU Fellows participate in the six month specialized courses. They come from Albania 1, Algeria 1, China 2, Costa Rica 1, Djibouti 2, El Salvador 1, Iran 1, Kenya 3, Mexico 1, Mongolia 1, Rwanda 2, Tanzania 1, Uganda 2, Yemen 1 and Zambia 1. They will be trained in: Geothermal Utilization 4, Chemistry of Thermal Fluids 4, Reservoir Engineering 6, Geological Exploration 2, Geophysical Exploration 4, and Drilling Engineering 1. In addition there is one short term Fellow from Nicaragua participating in the programme for 3 months in the specialized course Reservoir Engineering.