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World Bank-ESMAP Geothermal Direct Use: Global Forum & Tour

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Speakers

Gabriela Elizondo Azuela

Practice Manager ESMAP @ The World Bank

Andrea Blair

Founder @ Upflow

Jack Kiruja

Associate Programme Officer, Geothermal Energy @ IRENA

Meseret Teklemariam Zemedkun

Energy Programme Manager @ UNEP

Maximo Fernandez

Senior Technical Advisor @ GIZ

Hildigunnur Thorsteinsson

Managing Director of Research and Innovation @ Reykjavíkur Energy

Elín Hallgrímsdóttir

Senior Energy Specialist @ The World Bank | ESMAP

Clety Bore

Chief Officer @ Kenya Electricity Generating Company

Fredrick Apollo

Geothermal Manager @ Oserian

Héctor Aviña

Project manager and Coordinator iiDEA Group @ UNAM

Luca Guglielmetti

Senior Research Fellow @ University of Geneva

Sigsteinn Gretarsson

CEO @ Arctic Green Energy

Joeri de Wit

Energy Economist @ The World Bank | ESMAP

Marit Brommer

Executive Director @ International Geothermal Association

Þorleikur Johannesson

Mechanical Engineer @ Verkis

Paul Bonnetblanc

Policy Officer @ Ministry of Sustainable Development, France

Paul Ramsak

Netherlands Enterprise Agency, RVO

Peter Johansen

Senior Energy Specialist @ The World Bank

Paola Carvajal

Project Manager @ Roland Berger

Raushana Chaltabayeva

Partner @ Unicase Law

Michelle Ramírez Bueno

Programme Officer for the Global Geothermal Alliance @ IRENA

Gabriel Prudencio Flaño

Head of Renewable Energy Division @ Ministry of Energy, Chile

Ural Halaçoğlu

R&D Manager @ Zorlu Enerji

Baldvin Björn Haraldsson

Partner @ BBA/FJELDCO

Ivan Das

Director @ Rabobank Project Finance

Christiaan Gischler

Co-Head, Mining, Geothermal Energy and Hydrocarbon Special Group @ IDB

Julian Richardson

CEO @ Parhelion Underwriting

Fuat Savas

Managing Director, Infrastructure Finance and Advisory @ J.P. Morgan

Alexander Richter

Founder @ ThinkGeoEnergy

Martin Van der Hout

Independent Consultant

Mariene Gutierrez Neri

Managing Director @ Tlalli Energy

Matthew Perks

CEO @ New Energy Events

Vilborg Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

Civil Engineer @ Verkis

Peter Vivian-Neal

CEO @ Kalahari GeoEnergy LTD.

Azra Sehic

Independent Consultant

Nathyeli Acuna

Gender Specialist @ The World Bank

Charlin Bodley

Sustainable Energy Project Development and Gender Expert @ CCREEE

Ann Robertson-Tait

President @ GeothermEx, Inc. (a Schlumberger company)

Joerg Hartmann

Principal Consultant @ Sustainable Water & Energy LLC

Bjarni Palsson

Executive Director @ Geothermal Development, Landsvirkjun

Martha Mburu

Manager, Direct Use @ Geothermal Development Company

Geir Oddsson

Head of Division @ Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland

Dario Quaranta

Senior Expert @ The World Bank Group

Guðjón Helgi Eggertsson

Chief Geologist @ HS Orka

Gregor Rumberg

Chief Operating Officer @ International Geothermal Association

Yasemin Orucu

Senior Energy Specialist @ The World Bank

Bernhardt Johst

Advisor @ GIZ

Rafael Parada

Technical Advisor for the GEO II-Project @ GIZ

Daniel González Orellana

Partner @ DGA de Nayarit

Fida Abu Libdeh

CEO @ GeoSilica

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Hosted by

New Energy

Bringing the market together to catalyze investment in clean energy and resilient infrastructure.

Booths

ESMAP

Energy Sector Management Assistance Program

Kalahari Energy

Bwengwa River, Zambia

Vapori di Birra

Italy

Miravalles Power Plant

Costa Rica

Arctic Green Energy

China

HS Orka Resource Park

Iceland

Izmir Geothermal

Turkey

Land of Geothermal Opportunities

Honduras

Oserian

Kenya

LaGeo

El Salvador

GeoFood

Mexico

GeoSilica

Iceland

Contact Energy and Nature's Flame

New Zealand

Partnering to Reduce Emissions

Presented by Contact Energy, New Zealand

Introduction to GDU

Presented by Jack Kiruja, IRENA, former GTP fellow

Geothermal Resources

Presented by Tingting Zheng, GTP PhD-student

Geothermal Surface Exploration

Presented by Deirdre Clark, ÍSOR

Resource Assessment

Presented by José Erick J. Majano, GTP MSc-student

Drilling for Low to Medium Temperature Resources

Presented by Gunnar S. Kaldal, ÍSOR

Geothermal Heat Pump Applications

Presented by Max Fernandez, Technical Advisor, GIZ

Geothermal Direct Use Applications

Presented by Árni Ragnarsson, ÍSOR

Cost Estimation

Presented by Carine Chatenay, Verkís

Economic & Financial Analysis

Presented by Bjarni Pálsson, LV

Capacity Building & Expertise

Presented by Málfríður Ómarsdóttir, GRÓ

Industrial Parks & Circular Economy

Presented by Baldur Brynjarsson, Reykjavík Energy

Legal & Regulatory Methodology

Presented by Michelle Alejandra Ramirez Bueno, IRENA

Geothermal Feasibility Studies

Presented by Elin Hallgrimsdottir, The World Bank/ESMAP

Value Drivers for Geothermal Heat

Presented by Martin van der Hout

Project Development & Management

Presented by Sveinborg H. Gunnarsd, ÍSOR

Resource Management During Utilization

Presented by Guðni Axelsson, GRO GTP