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STERG 5TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM 2017 A SUCCESS

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, speakers and attendees! This year the symposium featured a record breaking 38 presentations. STERG’s research presentations were accompanied by presentations by our colleagues from the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN), [...]

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 2017. Presentations will cover research related to concentrating solar power (CSP) as well as solar process heat. This will provide an opportunity for researchers in the field of solar thermal power and heat to present their work. Interested students, researchers and [...]

“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 7th - 8th March 2017. Professor Frank Dinter representing Stellenbosch University's Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Studies (CRSES)  gave an insightful presentation on Monday about, "The Role and Value of CSP in South Africa's Power System". This presentation can be downloaded here. [...]

Cancelled: NEW SHORT COURSE – Energy Systems Analysis

This exciting new course will be presented at the Wallenberg Research Centre @ Stias, 10 Marais Street, Stellenbosch and will run from Monday 22 May to Wednesday 24 May (3 day course) and to Friday 26 May (5 day course) from 08:00 to 17:00. Spaces are limited. For complete details see the full brochure  here.

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 research topics, course requirements and answering questions from curious learners.  Nothing beats seeing the look [...]

Closed: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Opportunity 2017

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 of pressurized air receiver research. The position is available immediately  for a project that is aimed at furthering recent research at the university on recently developed pressurized air receiver systems. Closing [...]

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 of CSP" in South Africa. However, this challenge is also an opportunity to better understand [...]

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