Winners announced for geothermal internship program in Mexico

Photo: From left to right Eng. Jaime Muñoz, Dr. Cecilia Rodríguez-Gómez, Lic. Bárbara Utesá and Dr. Mariana Patricia Jácome Paz. Jaime and Bárbara are the winners of the YGP-2024 program. Cecilia and Mariana are the academic coordinators of the YGP-2024 program.

Within the framework of the XXX Congress of the Mexican Geothermal Association (AGM), in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, the two winners of the First Geothermal Internship 2024 “Young Promoters of Geothermal Energy: linking academia, industry and communities” were announced, YGP- 2024. The program is an initiative led and organized by ENERYOU, the UNAM Institute of Geophysics, and the International Geothermal Association (IGA), with the collaboration of Grupo IIDEA, ALVO, and IER.

The winners, Bárbara Utesá from the Argentine Geothermal Chamber, and Jaime Muñoz from the Honduran Institute of Geology and Mines (INHGEOMIN), will spend 5 weeks in Mexico soaking up everything geothermal. The internship program includes participation in the aforementioned Congress, visits to geothermal plants and communities, as well as work with research groups.

Source: Email correspondence via our Spanish language platform PiensaGeotermia