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Expert Study Visits to Poland
Between November 14th and 18th 2022, Expert Study Visits to Poland were held under the EEA Project “Capacity building of key stakeholders in the area of geothermal energy.”
Read moreStudy Visit to Iceland - Capacity building of key stakeholders in the area of geothermal energy
A Study Visit to Iceland was organised between September 27th and 29th 2022 under the project called “Capacity building of key stakeholders in the area of geothermal energy”.
Read more- GEOforFOOD webinar invitation
- Joint Call 2021 from GEOTHERMICA and JPP Smart Energy Systems launched!
- Improving the energy efficiency of geothermal energy utilisation by adjusting the user characteristics
- Opening of the geothermal energy capacity building and trainingEEA Grant project, in Poland, 9th February 2021
- Presidents and ministers participated in the presentation of a new EEA Grants programme on Climate, Environment and Energy in Poland
- UNU-GTP parts ways with UNU and joins UNESCO
- Successful EEA Grants match making event in Reykjavik between Iceland, Poland and Romania
- Energy Programme in Romania - EEA Grant
- Iceland in the World Energy Issue Monitor Report 2018
- Bioenergy is thriving in Akureyri
- Orkustofnun accepts the Secretariat for REFUREC (Renewable Fuels Regulators Club)
- Ithaca, Kolvetni and Petoro licence in the Dreki Area relinquished
- Options and possibilities on geothermal energy in Ukraine
- CNOOC, Eykon and Petoro optimistic on the status and continuation of oil exploration in Iceland
- Geothermal energy at the forefront of cooperation with Iceland
- First steps towards a North Atlantic Energy Network
- Do you have a research idea regarding oil and gas?
- Large contribution by Iceland to savings in emission of carbon dioxide by using renewable energy
- Carbon dioxide savings using geothermal instead of oil in Iceland amounts to 140 million tons over a century
- First grants awarded by the Hydrocarbon Research Fund
- Orkustofnun has authorized seabed research for a sea cable
- New board of directors at UNU GTP
- Hydrocarbon Research Fund - Call for grant applications
- First exclusive licence in the Dreki Area relinquished
- Call for Nordic Flagship Projects released
- UNU-GTP is hosting short courses on Exploration for Geothermal Resources in Kenya
- A Successful Conference on Energy Quality Management
- Renewables in Iceland are saving 3000 US dollars per capita every year
- Call for Proposals: Increasing Renewable Energy Production in Romania
- Travel support for graduate students
- Orkustofnun grants a third licence in the Dreki Area
- Norway to participate in the third licence
- Potential participation by the Norwegian state in a new licence for exploration and production of hydrocarbons
- Successful seafloor sampling in Skjálfandi Bay
- Report on Sediment Cores from the Dreki Area.
- Research project on the roots of geothermal systems
- A Chinese oil company will participate in the application by Eykon Energy
- The third licence in the Dreki Area in progress
- Lecture on MSc project
- Annual meeting of Orkustofnun
- Specialist/project manager in monitoring and surveillance of exploration and production of hydrocarbons
- UNU - GTP DIRECTOR
- The first PhD student from the UNU - GTP is defending her doctoral thesis today
- Exploration and Production Licences in the Iceland Continental Shelf Portal
- Renewable energy as a driver for economic and sustainable growth – The Icelandic Perspective
- Iceland issues the first licenses for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Dreki Area.
- Press conference regarding the granting of the first licences in the Dreki Area
- Norway participates in exploration for oil and gas in Iceland through Petoro
- The National Energy Authority sends drafts of licences for exploration and production of hydrocarbons
- Numerical models and design of energy systems - Nordic conference in Reykjavik
- The United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme and Orkustofnun publish a brochure
- The National Energy Authority, Rannís and eight European Energy Agencies receive a grant of 2 million Euros.
- A Power Rush
- The National Energy Authority received three applications in the second licensing round
- New seabed samples reveal active Jurassic oil seeps and Mesozoic sedimentary sequences on the Jan Mayen Ridge
- The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) Presented Important new Research Results in the Dreki Area
- Release of InSeis seismic from 2001
- The National Energy Authority of Iceland will participate in the 30th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting in Reykjavík from 9th to 12th of January
- New knowledge reinforces the belief that there could be petroleum in the Jan Mayen area
- The Second Licensing Round for Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Licences on the Icelandic Continental Shelf
- The National Energy Authority grants TGS-NOPEC a license to prospect for hydrocarbons
- Changes to the Act on Taxation of Hydrocarbon Extraction and the Hydrocabons Act approved by Althingi
- Two cruises by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate on the Jan Mayen Ridge, including the Dreki Area
- Licensing Round postponed by two months.
- Short Course VI on Exploration for Geothermal Resources to be held in Kenya in October and November 2011
- Programme for Dreki Area Pre-Round Introduction in Stavanger
- Place names around Iceland in the Iceland Continental Shelf Portal
- Aeromagnetic survey east and northeast of Iceland
- Dreki Area Pre-Round introduction in Stavanger
- Upcoming Licensing Round in Iceland presented at APPEX in London, 1-3 March 2011
- Icelandic team lands second place in PetroChallenge International competition
- Dr. Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson Awarded special International Award in China.
- Geothermal energy: a large increase in utilisation in recent years and an enhanced utilisation ratio for electricity generation
- Average output of high-temperature geothermal wells
- Changed methodology for assessing geothermal primary energy production for electricity generation and heating
- Energy Statistics 2010 Now Published and Online
- Call for proposals, Sustainable Energy Systems 2050
- Iceland Geothermal 2010 to be held on November 1st in Reykjavik.
- Switzerland new member country of IPGT
- Iceland and U.S.A. sign bilateral agreement to develop clean geothermal energy.
- A feasibility study report for a DME project in Iceland
- Driving Sustainability ´10 Reykjavík
- The Icelandic Minister of Energy receives an electric vehicle
- The NEA gives counselling regarding the development of energy intensive food industry
- Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland, 2nd edition
- Workshop on Reservoir Research in Iceland
- The Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism announces a second licensing round for hydrocarbon exploration in 2011
- New overview of hydrocarbon related research in the Tjörnes Basin, Gammur Area off north Iceland
- The National Energy Authority grants a research licence regarding a tidal power plant in Hvammsfjörður Fjord of Breiðafjörður Fjord
- PetroChallenge Iceland competition successfully completed
- Electricity generation capacity is around 4300 MW for high-temperature fields in Iceland
- Energy Statistics 2009
- Energy Efficiency Award 2010
- Withdrawal of joint application by Sagex Petroleum and Lindir Exploration for an exploration and production license in the Dreki Area
- Aker Exploration AS withdraws its application for hydrocarbon exploration licence
- Results of the First Licensing Round 2009 for the northern Dreki area