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 report “Solar Heat Worldwide”, which we publish annually for the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Technology Collaboration Programme. With data from 68 countries, it is the most comprehensive annual evaluation [...]
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, 1 April 2021, 11:59 EDT https://www.aiche.org/annual The American Institute of Chemical Engineers cordially invites you to participate in Concentrated Solar Power Generation and Chemical Processing at the upcoming 2021 AIChE [...]
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 Manager to join their dynamic and passionate team based in Cape Town. For more information visit http://www.shawenergyltd.com/job.php?id=705
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: 13 November 2020 Each faculty has its own scholarship application form. Please click on the link which you can find on each faculty's page in this booklet. Please note the following [...]
Supercritical CO2 cycles: theory and applications Live Webinar (Zoom) October 7, 2020, 9:00 16:30 Register here: https://www.kth.se/form/5f72adb48900990a8c2ec0bc
It is possible to reduce the impact that concentrating solar power (CSP) towers might have on bird populations by managing the infrastructure well, especially during downtime when it is not generating power. So says HP van Heerden, after completing research at South Africa’s only concentrating solar power tower. Read more about it here [...]
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, mechanical, metallurgical or process engineering background, and spans CSP topics relating to thermal storage technologies, advanced materials, and system modelling, as well as decarbonisation of steelmaking. Applications close 28 September [...]
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 Published on: Thursday, 6 August, 2020 The Highveld region of South Africa experiences cold-dry winter conditions. Therefore, even moderate winds have the potential to entrain dust particles into the lower [...]
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 and reward innovation and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. Applications are invited from individuals or small teams, living and working in sub-Saharan Africa. Entrepreneurs from all engineering disciplines, with an [...]
STERG PhD student, Steve Clark, was recently interviewed on Total's Brulpadda find. Read about it here.