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Georgsson and Fridleifsson 14 Geothermal energy in the world the possibility to be selected to go for training in Iceland. There are now many examples of good participants in the Short Courses being selected for the 6 months training in Iceland. And in four cases it has even led to MSc studies in Iceland (Georgsson et al., 2008; Fridleifsson and Georgsson, 2009), first of whom completed his MSc in April 2010.The Short Courses have also been an important element towards increased cooperation between the countries within the region. 4.5 Customer-designed Short Courses The latest capacity building service of the UNU-GTP has been customer-designed Short Courses in developing countries, done for the first time in 2010. This new service of the UNU-GTP has been triggered by an urgent need for training in countries planning fast-tracking of geothermal development, while it has also been an offspring of the regular training and Short Courses and the material prepared there. This has proven a good opportunity for some countries/ institutions in need of a rapid capacity building process, beyond what UNU-GTP can service under its conventional operations, and which have themselves the strength or the support of external sources (e.g. multilateral or bilateral aid agencies) to finance such events. The paying customer defines the outline of the Short Course, while UNU-GTP is a guarantee of the quality of the contents. In 2010 and 2011, 6 such Short Courses have been held for five different customers in three countries. The contents have varied from general geoscientific courses to geothermal drilling, as well as scaling and corrosion in geothermal installations, and the length has varied from one to eleven weeks. An example of this is the week long “Short Course on Geothermal Exploration and Development” held in El Salvadorin November 2011. The Short Course was sponsored by the Organization of American States (OAS) for the benefit of three South-American countries, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, all of which have consequently been invited to send participants to the current UNU-GTP event. 5. DISCUSSION One of the major concerns of mankind today is the ever increasing emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and the threat of global warming. It is internationally accepted that a continuation of the present way of producing most of our energy by burning fossil fuels will bring on significant climate changes, global warming, rises in sea level, floods, draughts, deforestation, and extreme weather conditions. One of the key solutions to avoid these difficulties is to reduce the use of fossil fuels and increase the sustainable use of renewable energy sources. Geothermal energy can play an important role in this aspect in many parts of the world. Using indigenous renewable energy resources is an important issue and a possible solution for many countries, not least from the third world. This applies very much to the Latin America and the eastern Caribbean Islands. The volcanic systems of Central America and along the Andes mountain chain, as well as the volcanoes of the eastern Caribbean Islands, are a powerful heat source to the numerous high-temperature geothermal systems found in the region. These renewable energy resources have the potential to supply clean and sustainable energy to countries in dire need for energy and at the same time reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. Capacity building and transfer of technology are key issues in the sustainable development of geothermal resources. Many industrialised and developing countries have significant experience in the development and operations of geothermal installations for direct use and/or electricity production. It is important that they open their doors to newcomers in the field. We need strong international cooperation in the transfer of technology and the financing of geothermal development in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals and the threats of global warming. The UNU-GTP is intent on assisting the Latin American and Caribbean countries in geothermal capacity building as best it can, so geothermal power can play a bigger role in the energy future of the region.PDF Image | GEOTHERMAL TRAINING PROGRAMME LaGeo
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