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  • Research Funding and Scholarship Opportunity

    April 8, 2025

    Below are opportunities from the Audi Environmental Foundation on research funding and student scholarships to attend the One Young World Summit 2025 in Munich, Germany. ...

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  • 2025 STERG Open Day

    March 18, 2025

    The 2025 STERG Open Day was held this past Saturday, the 15th March and was a great success. This day saw the Masters and ...

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  • First Year STERG students welcomed at Colloquium

    March 13, 2025

    STERG held it first Colloquium of 2025 on Wednesday 12 March and welcomed the first year STERG students comprising of 8 Masters students and ...

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  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Data Science and Climate Resilience

    January 17, 2025

    The School for Data Science and Computational Thinking would like to promote a postdoctoral fellowship opportunity in Data Science and Climate Resilience to eligible candidates ...

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  • STERG Interns from Eindhoven University of Technology

    October 8, 2024

    The Solar Thermal Energy Research Group has recently welcomed three students from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands: Job ten Hacken, Roel Hazelhof and ...

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  • STERG Post-Doctorate Additions

    September 3, 2024

    Dr Varun Pratap Singh Dr Singh is a Postdoctoral Fellow at STERG from India. He is an Assistant Professor and Industry-Academia coordinator with the Department ...

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  • STERG Technical Tour 2024

    August 1, 2024

    Article by Benjamin Gardiner, Photos by Mu-een Khan From the 15th to 20th of July 2024, STERG embarked on a technical tour to the Northern ...

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  • Soltrain+ Bursary Call

    April 17, 2024

    Postgraduate students from Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe who are broadly engaged in research on solar heating, drying and cooling, heat pumps, heat ...

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  • Dr Rozon’s contribution to ISEC 2024

    April 15, 2024

    The ISEC 3rd International Sustainability Energy Conference 2024 featured over 400 participants from 35 countries, 80 presentations and 100 posters in Graz on April 10-11. ...

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  • SANEDI Job Opportunities

    April 10, 2024

    The following vacancies within the Energy Secretariat at SANEDI are available: Position: Manager: Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Position: Manager: Strategic Partnerships Position: Senior Project Officer

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  • STERG Intern Markus Kaltwasser

    March 28, 2024

    Markus Kaltwasser is a new intern of Dr Willie Smit at STERG, and is here from Germany. He is currently studying Mechanical Engineering at Hochschule ...

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  • International Youth Conference on Energy 2-6 July

    February 8, 2024

    The 9th IYCE (International Youth Conference on Energy) will be held in Colmar (France) from 2-6 July 2024. Young professionals (undergraduate, MSc, PhD students and ...

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  • Internship/Thesis opportunity

    January 12, 2024

    Integration of high-temperature heat pumps (HTHP) in industrial processes A thesis or internship opportunity is available for SA Engineering students. The topic of high-temperature heat ...

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  • SAIMechE Postgraduate Conference 2023

    October 27, 2023

    CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline has been extended to Friday, 17 November 17h00! INVITATION: SAIMechE Western Cape, in association with local engineering faculties is once again ...

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  • Postdoctoral position for 2024/2025

    July 26, 2023

    STERG currently has a position open for a postdoctoral researcher in heat transfer and pressure drop in rock bed thermal energy storage systems. The research ...

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  • Solar Thermal Engineer job opportunity

    June 15, 2023

    Neon Energy has an opening for a Mechanical engineer, majored in thermodynamics to design heating and cooling systems: to ensure the heat transfer is appropriate ...

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  • Sasol sponsors Energy Observer’s Cape Town stopover

    June 8, 2023

                      Sasol is proud to sponsor the first-ever African stopover of Energy Observer, the world's premier renewable ...

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  • Workshop on mastering Postgrad NRF Scholarship applications

    May 22, 2023

    The Postgraduate Office will be hosting a 2-day interactive online workshop on Mastering NRF Scholarship Applications.   Dates: 23-24 May 2023, or 1-2 June 2023. ...

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  • Women+ in Concentrated Solar Webinar

    May 17, 2023

    Women+ in Concentrated Solar, with the valuable support and organization by ATA Insights, is happy to announce their first webinar on “How thermal energy storage ...

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  • SOLTRAIN Training Course for Experts & Professionals

    May 11, 2023

    FREE Course Invitation: Date: 22-23 May 2023 Venue: STIAS (The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study), Marais Road As part of the SOLTRAIN+ capacity-building framework, a ...

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  • International Summer University 2023 at Osnabrück

    January 31, 2023

    The Summer University Lingen (SUL) is open to students of any degree course, graduate and post graduate. It is especially interesting for students majoring in ...

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  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s International Climate Protection Fellowship

    November 17, 2022

    The current round of applications for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s International Climate Protection Fellowship is open until 1 February 2023. They are seeking young ...

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  • Research assistant positions available at University of Stuttgart

    August 22, 2022

    Stellenausshcreibung: Project MISHA Doctoral student (experimental): Supported by a technician this person will design an experimental rig to measure the heat transfer performance of potassium-filled ...

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  • Extended closing date for NRF Masters and Doctoral Scholarships

    July 11, 2022

    Regarding the 2023 NRF Postgraduate Student Funding which offers funding specifically for Honours, Masters and Doctoral students, the extended closing date for Masters and Doctoral ...

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  • Clean Energy Vacancies from Shaw Energy Recruitment Group

    July 6, 2022

    Country Manager South Africa - Solar PV Location: Cape Town Reference: MJ1774 Details online: http://www.shawenergyltd.com/job.php?id=817   Description: Leading international energy developer with an exclusive focus ...

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  • Post Doc Position available

    June 27, 2022

    A Post-doctorate position is available at the Water Sanitation & Hygiene Research & Development (WASH R&D) Centre (Chemical Engineering) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The ...

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  • Hydrogen engineer job opportunity

    June 22, 2022

    Please find information here about a hydrogen engineer job opportunity in Somerset West. The deadline is 30 June 2022.

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  • (GAUC) Opportunity for post graduate student leadership

    June 8, 2022

    The Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC), in partnership with UNESCO and UNITAR, is proud to announce the launch of the ‘Climate x Leadership’ ...

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  • Renewable Energy positions available

    January 17, 2022

    Shaw Energy Recruitment Group is managing 30+ open positions in REIPP project companies and seeking applications for the below. Application process: Please send your Resume ...

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  • SOLTRAIN bursary applications

    October 25, 2021

    Applications for the 2022 SOLTRAIN Bursary fund are now being accepted. Who can apply? postgraduate students who will be registered in 2022 working on topics ...

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  • 2022 Translational Fellow Programme

    October 6, 2021

    Are you a Masters or PhD student close to completion of your studies? Do you want to start a business based on your research or ...

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  • 2022 Bursary Opportunities

    October 1, 2021

    Green Hydrogen Project Engineering relevant to the South African context A need has been identified by the Eskom Power Plant Engineering Institute (EPPEI) in collaboration ...

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  • Engineer in Training Position available at Jacobs

    September 27, 2021

    Jacobs Clean Energy SA (Pty) Ltd has an opening for an Engineer in Training (EIT) position in their Melkbosstrand office. In this position, you will ...

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  • Junior Energy Modeller vacancy

    September 17, 2021

    SANEDI is advertising a vacancy for a Junior Energy Modeller. For more information click here

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  • CSP Webinar on 21st September

    September 9, 2021

    ATA INSIGHTS Webinar: CSP Simulators Optimization from design to operation September 21st at 17:00 CEST / 11:00 NY CSP can play a key role in ...

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  • Renewable Energy positions available

    September 6, 2021

    Shaw Energy Recruitment Group has 35+ open positions in REIPP project companies seeking applications for the below: Chief Financial Officer Location: Johannesburg Reference: MJ1719 Details ...

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  • Exciting technology by Heliogen

    July 26, 2021

    Watch the video in this link about Heliogen’s exciting new concentrated solar power technology driven by artificial intelligence. Their modular systems are designed to provide inexpensive, ...

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  • Renewables @SANEDI: Opportunities

    June 25, 2021

    Opportunities: Sanedi Vacancies: Project Coordinator LEAP-RE Programme: Link SAGEN(CET) Technical Advisor: Link News from SANEDI: Solar Heat Worldwide  - Edition 2021 The 2021 edition of the ...

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  • Call for abstracts: Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Processing

    February 17, 2021

    Call for submissions: Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Processing at the upcoming 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 7–12 November 2021. Submission Deadline: Thursday, ...

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  • Environmental, Land & Permitting Manager – Renewable Energy (based from Cape Town)

    February 16, 2021

    Shaw Energy Global Recruitment: On behalf of one of South Africa’s most successful utility-scale renewable energy developers, we are seeking a motivated Environmental & Land ...

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  • SU PostGraduate Scholarship Programme 2021

    October 16, 2020

    Stellenbosch University would like to invite prospective students (and current students in some faculties) to apply for full or partial scholarships for 2021. Closing date: ...

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  • Live Zoom Webinar on “Supercritical CO2 cycles: theory and applications”

    October 1, 2020

    Supercritical CO2 cycles: theory and applications Live Webinar (Zoom) October 7, 2020, 9:00 16:30 Register here: https://www.kth.se/form/5f72adb48900990a8c2ec0bc

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  • Impact of solar towers on birds investigated

    September 15, 2020

    It is possible to reduce the impact that concentrating solar power (CSP) towers might have on bird populations by managing the infrastructure well, especially ...

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  • Research Fellow positions at ANU

    August 20, 2020

    ANU (Australian National University) presently has four post-doctoral positions advertised in the Solar Thermal Group, see the link below.  The positions suit people with materials, ...

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  • Mirror panels soiling study

    August 11, 2020

    PREMA: Energy efficient, primary production of manganese ferroalloys through the application of novel energy systems in the drying and pre-heating of furnace feed materials ...

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  • Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation – Invitation to apply

    August 6, 2020

    The Royal Academy of Engineering opened applications for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2021 on 23 June 2020. The prize aims to stimulate, celebrate ...

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  • STERG PhD candidate interviewed

    July 10, 2020

    STERG PhD student, Steve Clark, was recently interviewed on Total's Brulpadda find. Read about it here.

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  • 11th Renewable Energy Postgraduate Symposium: Call for Abstracts

    June 9, 2020

    North-West University 21 September 2020 The Centre of Excellence in Carbon-based Fuels together with the SARChI Research Chair in Coal Research and the SARChI ...

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  • GIZ: Intern – Country Office GIZ South Africa, Lesotho (Duration: 6 months)

    March 20, 2020

    The intern’s core task will be to support the Portfolio Manager in organisational, administrative and technical aspects to guarantee the successful management and ...

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  • STERG PhD candidate on Energy Indaba panel

    March 16, 2020

    Steve Clark, one of our STERG PhD candidates, was recently on a panel at the Energy Indaba. Read about it here: https://www.fin24.com/Economy/South-Africa/numbers-for-developing-an-sa-gas-network-still-dont-add-up-energy-indaba-hears-20200307-3

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  • SolarPACES 2020: First Announcement and Call for Papers

    March 5, 2020

    SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) is pleased to announce the SolarPACES 2020 conference to be held from September 29 - October 2, ...

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  • SACAM Conference

    March 5, 2020

    The South African Conference in Applied Mechanics is taking place in November this year. Abstract deadlines are 15 March. https://sacam2020.org/conference-theme-2 Important Dates 15 March 2020 ...

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  • GradStar Regional Qualifier and Student MasterClass 2020: helping students find employment

    March 5, 2020

    What is the GradStar Awards? We help students find employment and have an amazing group of business mentors from various corporates, as well as ...

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  • Senior Researcher/Engineer position at CSIR: Energy System Modeller

    January 14, 2020

    The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is a leading scientific and technology research organisation that researches, develops, localises and diffuses technologies to accelerate ...

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  • Trainee or Intern engineer needed for Kathu Solar Park, Northern Cape

    January 10, 2020

    Kathu Solar Park project Company ENGIE BU Africa is present in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Nairobi (Kenya), Rabat (Marroco) and Johannesburg (South Africa). The South ...

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  • Master fellowship at UKZN: Solar dryer

    December 4, 2019

    Master fellowship at the Pollution Research Group, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, South Africa), about the development of a pilot-scale solar dryer Onsite sanitation is ...

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  • Maintenance Supervisor Intern needed for Kathu Solar Park, Northern Cape

    November 25, 2019

    Job Description Maintenance Supervisor Intern – Kathu Solar Park – Northern Cape, South Africa EPC - Liciastar (Pty) Ltd Liciastar, a Joint Venture between ...

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  • ASME ES 2020 Call for Abstracts

    October 25, 2019

    ES 2020, the ASME 14th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, will be in Denver, USA from June 8 - 10, 2020. The Concentrating Solar ...

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  • STERG represented at SolarPACES 2019

    October 22, 2019

    The SolarPACES 2019 (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) conference was held in the beautiful city of Daegu, South Korea where three master’s students ...

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  • STERG Bursary applications open

    September 27, 2019

    The Solar Thermal Energy Research Group is now accepting bursary applications for 2020. The bursary is intended to support research aligned with the interests of ...

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  • STERG Technical Tour 2019

    September 11, 2019

    From the 8th to 12th of July 2019, STERG embarked on its first technical tour since 2017.  The tour is aimed at giving students ...

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