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Geothermal training programme started in Rwanda

Alexander Richter 10 Jul 2013

Icelandic ISOR recently held a five day short course on geothermal exploration in Kigali, Rwanda which constitutes the start of a larger six month geothermal training programme for the relevant authorities in the country.

Late last month scientists from Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR) supervised a five day short course on deep geothermal exploration in Kigali, Rwanda for the employees of the Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA) of Rwanda.

The event was organized by the United Nations University Geothermal Training Program on request of the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA).

“This geothermal course marked the beginning of a six month training programme where 22 employees of EWSA attend lectures on drilling engineering, geological surface exploration, borehole geology, geochemistry and environmental monitoring. Hands-on training of the EWSA employees at the drill-site will then follow. Experimental drilling of the first of three exploration wells in the Karisimbi area in western Rwanda will start in the beginning of July. The training programme aims at making the employees of EWSA qualified to execute the necessary tasks involved in researching and monitoring future geothermal drilling in the country.”

Source: ISOR