The 6th edition of the European Conference on Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO2) for Energy Systems was held at the Mechanical Engineering department building of Delft ...

A drone was recently developed at STERG as part of a master’s project to explore the possibility of cleaning heliostats using a drone based high-pressure ...

STERG would proudly like to acknowledge that Prof Craig McGregor, the director of the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG), received an award for “Outstanding ...

Students and academic staff from the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG) presented at this year's Southern African Sustainable Energy Conference (SASEC), held from November ...

The STERG end-of-year function was held on Friday, November 15th, at Le Pommier Restaurant. The event brought together members for an enjoyable evening of ...

SolarPACES (Concentrating Solar Power, Thermal, and Chemical Energy Systems) is an international conference that aims to bring researchers together from across the world and focus ...

The Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG) at Stellenbosch University is not only dedicated to advancing solar thermal energy research but also to fostering ...

STERG and its affiliated research group, the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (CRSES), had the pleasure of attending the Engineering Open Day event ...

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) is offering bursaries to students interested in pursuing a career in the energy sectors that fall within ...

Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy (CRSES), hosted within the Faculty of Engineering, is seeking an applicant for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in ...

Join SU, the SDG/2063 Impact Hub at SU International, and our international partners for the Academic Consortium 21 (AC21) Legacy Symposium in from 10 - 12 March 2024 The Symposium will ...

Join the HelioCon team and advance U.S. heliostat technologies!   HelioCon is seeking a Postdoc Researcher-CSP System Analysis to join our models and analysis team ...

Harm is a 25-year-old student from the Netherlands who is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering with a specialisation in Thermo-Fluids Engineering ...

Casper, a 24-year-old hailing from Eindhoven, the Netherlands, is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His ...

An international PhD workshop is being c0-hosted on campus from 17-21 April 2023.  The workshop is organised by colleagues from the Departments of Logistics (EMS) ...

Stellenbosch University’s Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG), hosted within the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, is seeking applicants for Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions. ...

The following scholarships are available at Sapienza University of Rome: Students 6 month duration for each student Students of all cycles and of all disciplines ...

The 13th International Sustainability Transitions Conference is co-hosted by Stellenbosch University and is taking place for the first time in Stellenbosch  at STIAS on 25 ...

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

This week is the Global Youth Summit on Net-zero Future 2022. "Join the Global Launch of the Week, and together we will help the youth ...

From the 11th to 15th of September 2022, STERG staff, guests and postgraduate students embarked on the first technical tour since 2019. The tour had ...

The South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) published their latest SANEDI Insights publication. Please find it here.

The DSI and NRF are pleased to announce a call for new applications for DSI-NRF Postgraduate Student Funding for the academic year 2023. For more ...

The months of April and May mark the first time in two years that Stellenbosch University welcomes the public for in-person Open Day events. ...

The Fulbright South African Research Scholar Program for 2023-2024 is open for applications. This program supports research in your field at an U.S. academic or ...

An interesting read on the progress of South Africa's Redstone CSP can be found here.

Herewith important information from the SolarPACES 2021 Organizing Team: SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) is pleased to announce the SolarPACES 2021 conference to be held ...

An article honouring the legacy of Prof Theo von Backström.

Two STERG alumni have achieved remarkable success in the solar energy industry. Dr Paul Gauché (founder of STERG) previously managed the Concentrating Solar Technologies department ...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) currently has a vacancy for a research group leader in Energy Systems. Please visit their webpage for ...

Tyron Jardine, a Masters student at STERG, was interviewed for the Faculty of Engineering's newsletter. Read more about his story here.

This year marks the first online SolarPACES conference, which has proven itself to be a great success. Under usual circumstances, it would have taken ...

In February Stellenbosch University hosted the annual Engineering Department open day. Prospective students and their families visited the faculty to learn about the various ...

Dr Paul Gauché, Manager of the CSP Department and the National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia National Labs in the USA and founder ...

Dr Willem Landman, a former STERG researcher received a SANEA/RECORD highly recommended certificate for a young researcher in renewable energy for 2017. Matthew Kapp, was ...

The 5TH Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC 2018) will be held from 25 to 27 June 2018 at the Blue Waters Hotel in Durban, South Africa. The conference will ...

A group of students, professors and academic staff from the Engineering faculty represented the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG) at the SolarPACES 2017 conference, ...

The 3rd STERG Technical Tour took place from the 3rd to 7th July 2017 and gave students the opportunity to visit renewable energy generation plants. Students from Stellenbosch ...

The 5th Annual STERG SOLARPACES Symposium 2017 was held on the 13th and 14th July 2017 at Stellenbosch University. We would like to thank all our sponsors, ...

The 5th Annual STERG SolarPACES Symposium will take place from the 13th of July 2017 to the 14th of July 2017. Presentations will cover research related to concentrating solar power (CSP) ...

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 ...

The Africa New Energy Conference took place at Century City in Cape Town on the 7th - 8th March 2017. Professor Frank Dinter representing Stellenbosch University's Centre ...

This exciting new course will be presented at the Wallenberg Research Centre @ Stias, 10 Marais Street, Stellenbosch and will run from Monday 22 May ...

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 ...

SolarPACES 2017 is now open for the submission of abstracts! Visit the event website here for further details. Submission deadline: 31 March 2017 Make sure ...

Pressurized Air Receiver Development The Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University is offering a postdoctoral position in concentrating solar power in the field ...

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 ...

STERG would like to congratulate Toyisi Craig for being presented with a Highly Recommended Recognition at the 2016 SANEA/SANEDI Energy Awards for the work of ...

STERG members are encouraged to take note of Eni Awards for 2017 and consider application. The Eni Award annually honors the best research projects in ...

The Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies are now accepting bursary applications for 2017. Bursary amounts: M-degree          R100 000 for 2 years PhD-degree     R150 000 for ...

Thanks to all STERG members who joined the second social for the year at Helio100. It was inspiring to visit the Helio100 pilot facility to ...

We are proud to announce Helio100 was awarded as one of three innovators in the WWF Climate Solver platform. With South Africa faring poorly on ...

The 4th Annual STERG SolarPACES Symposium will take place on 14 and 15 July 2016. For more information and updates about the symposium, please see ...

STERG members are encouraged to participate in the REPS, for more information see the event page.

The Physics department, in collaboration with the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies and the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group organised an outreach/awareness event ...

STERG members are encouraged to use the STERG SharePoint to access all updated document templates and the STERG guidelines.  Please contact Michael Mouzouris to request ...

Some STERG members after a match of 5-aside soccer On Friday, 4 March 2016, old and new STERG members came together for a ...

Deadlines for submitting an abstract and/paper and for registration for the 2016 SolarPACES conference is available on the SolarPACES website. Note that the deadline for ...

The 4th Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC 2016) will be held from the 31st October to the 2nd of November 2016 at the Conference ...

"Western Cape-based brewery Cape Brewing Company (CBC) has, with the help of renewable- energy company E3 Energy Group of Companies, produced what it says is ...

"The IRENA Internship Programme offers a small number of outstanding students the opportunity to acquire direct exposure to IRENA operations. The purpose of the internship ...

The annual SolarPACES conference was held in the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 13-16 October this year and STERG was well represented with this ...

The Southern Africa Solar Thermal and Electricity Association (SASTELA) attended South African International Renewable Energy Conference which was held at the Cape Town International Convention ...

STERG's basic model of a central receiver CSP plant was used at the South African International Renewable Energy Conference which was held at the Cape ...

The TIA Helio100 project, is a CSP technology development project and involves the design and construction of a 150 kW thermal pilot facility.  The project ...

Prof Wikus van Niekerk, director of the Centre of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies, was interviewed on Carte Blanche on the role of CSP in ...

The Stellio heliostat developed by schlaich bergermann und partner (sbp), holds its ground through technical economic studies that evaluated its efficacy and cost-efficiency. "After months ...

A two year Scholarship is available to study towards a Masters degree in Renewable Energy Studies at a South African University, commencing in 2016.   Students ...

The World Wide Fund for Nature in South Africa (WWF-SA) identified the continued reliance on coal to generate more than two-thirds of the country's electricity ...

The third annual STERG symposium was held at in the Knowledge Centre of the Engineering Faculty of Stellenbosch University on 14 and 15 July 2015.  ...

One week ago a number of STERG members completed a pleasant and informative technical tour to selected renewable energy plants in the Northern Cape.  The ...

South Africa's first Concentrating Solar Power plant was connected to the grid in March this year.  This 100 MW plant is owned by Abengoa who ...

Members of STERG and the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies attended the 3rd South African Solar Energy Conference in Kruger National Park from ...

The Swedish company, Ripasso, has been testing their 100 square meter, 34% efficient dishes in the Kalahari four the past four years and are now ...

SolarPACES is coming to Cape Town this October, 13th to 16th. SolarPACES is the most relevant conference for researchers in the field of concentrating solar ...

CSP plants, like all other power generation plants, require constant monitoring and maintenance to operate at optimal levels. In the case of CSP plants, the ...

The South African Universities Radiometric Network (SAURAN) has recently added Eskom's radiometric station at Sutherland as the 12th station across Southern Africa.  This network of ...