NEWS
5th Annual STERG SolarPACES Symposium
The 5th Annual STERG SolarPACES Symposium will take place from the 13th of July 2017 to the 14th of July […]
“The Role and Value of CSP in South Africa’s Power System” at the Africa New Energy Conference 2017
The Africa New Energy Conference took place at Century City in Cape Town on the […]
Cancelled: NEW SHORT COURSE – Energy Systems Analysis
This exciting new course will be presented at the Wallenberg Research Centre @ Stias, […]
STERG’s record doctoral graduate output in 2016
STERG has produced four doctoral graduates in the 2016 academic year. We congratulate our doctoral graduates Dr Lukas Heller, Dr Willem Landman, Dr Matti Lubkoll and STERG founder Dr Paul Gauché. READ MORE
STERG at SU Open Day 2017
In keeping with tradition, STERG researchers welcomed curious learners to Stellenbosch University with a boerewors braai cooked on our parabolic solar cooker and chocolate brownies baked in our solar oven. The STERG team enjoyed sharing stories about their experiences, CSP-related […] READ MORE
The Role and Value of CSP in the South African Power System
The Department of Energy(DoE) recently released the much-anticipated Integrated Resource Plan 2016 (Draft IRP2016) detailing South Africa’s energy generation mix until 2050. Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) generation was not included in the mix which in the worst case translates to “the death […] READ MORE