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 has recently welcomed three students from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands: Job ten Hacken, Roel Hazelhof and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As we turn the page on 2023, we reflect on some of the interesting final year skripsie projects facilitated at STERG this year. Four ...

Prof Johan van der Spuy and Tristan Le Roux recently participated in the Global Power and Propulsion Society (GPPS) Turbomachinery Technical Conference held at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This year our postgraduate course Solar Thermal Energy Systems (STES) took on a new and exciting format we hope to expand upon and build ongoing international ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

After proposing the research topic “Design, Build and Test a Quadcopter with a Novel Configuration for Endurance Flights” for a fifth year, Dr Willie Smit ...

Stan Rietveld, from Eindhoven University in the Netherlands, arrived in Stellenbosch on June 8. As part of the two year Masters programme at Eindhoven University, ...

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 ...

Dr. Johannes Pretorius, Prof. Jaap Hoffmann and Mr. Wian Strydom recently attended the 16th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT-ATE’22). The ...

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 ...

Prof Johan van der Spuy and Dr Thomas Meyer (PhD student 2021) recently attended the ASME TurboEXPO 2022 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. During the conference, Prof ...

Newly elected SolarPaces Task II - National coordinator for South Africa, Prof Craig McGregor. The SolarPaces (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) conference will be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

The 6th Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC) took place from the 25th to the 27th November 2019, at the idyllic Mpekweni Beach Resort in ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

The Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG) hosted their sixth postgraduate research symposium on the 18th and 19th July 2019, at the Engineering Knowledge Centre, ...

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 ...

STERG researchers, Leon Zhang and Ruben Luiten, running a Rover in one of the engine test cells. According to Leon You can see the RPM ...

SANEA (South African National Energy Association) and SANEDI (South African National Energy Development Institute) awards for 2014 have been handed out during a gala evening ...

Johan Kotzé has won SA NEDI’s Young Researcher Award in 2013 for his     contribution to Concentrated Solar Power and has also been identified by the  ...

Cebo presenting on the effect of the 2-tier tariff structure for CSP on our proposed peaking fleet.

STERG is well represented at SolarPACES again. We were involved in the pre-conference workshops, This crowd picture is our slide which coincidentally was displayed as ...

The Centre of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies are offering bursaries to Masters and PhD students in the field of renewable energy. Only South African citizens or students with permanent residence permits are eligible to apply.

STERG Leadership and special guests. The 2nd Annual STERG SolarPACES Symposium which was held at Stellenbosch University was a great success and various researchers, ...

Click here or logo to go to the website The Third Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC2015) 31 July 2014 Abstract submission 5 August 2014 ...

  Announcement of Call Renewable and Sustainable Energy Masters and Doctoral Scholarships for 2015 In an effort to develop human capacity and support the transition ...

The Southern African Universities Radiometric Network (SAURAN) GSET (UKZN) and CRSES (SU) have announced a test* launch of the SAURAN website. The following link and ...

Announcing the TIA Helio100 technology development project Commencing 1 April 2014 more information to come...

CRSES Forum: Solar Tower Technology Trends and Current R&D Activities at the DLR, Germany Click here for the invitation Presented by Dr R Buck, Head of Point ...

This is the current date for the second quarterly meeting. (It is listed in the calendar to the right)   Draft agenda: 11:00 - 12:00: ...

This is the current date for the second quarterly meeting. (It is listed in the calendar to the right)   Draft agenda: 11:00 - 12:00: ...

  Title: “CSP is the best technology for South Africa for future electricity production. It is already cheaper than new coal fired power stations, if ...

James and Willem seen from another point of view!

  Click the link below to read the article published in Die Burger “Sonkrag maak toe die wors gaar!”

 All students are encouraged to use and share information on the STERG SharePoint.

Click the above logo to read the article called "Doing Economic Development Differently"

Deadline for abstracts 14 February (note this does not seem to be peer review) Conference info City: San Francisco Dates: 6 - 10 July 2014 ...

  If you would like to attend CSP Today Cape Town, we have 10 discount passes worth 200 Euro each. Contact us for a pass-code. ...

  To read more about ISE and other modules, please click here.  

Solar process heat for production and advanced applications - Task 49 / Task IV Stellenbosch University, South Africa Date: January 22 - 24, 2014 Venue: ...

A provisional announcement to the annual STERG symposium. Please bookmark the date. Open to all members of the university, colleagues at other universities and institutions ...

To: All prospective postgraduate student waiting to hear about the recently announced special 2014 scholarship program for the solar thermal spoke. Instructions to prospective students: ...

Warrick Pierce's research has been published and now recognized as a key scientific article by Renewable Energy Global Innovations. This link to the specific page. ...

As seen in Die Burger this week. Here is a copy of the page.

GPS coordinates for Google: -28.537142,21.077761  

Very limited opportunity for prospective 2014 Master/PhDs. Please come back to this site. Details to come soon. A list of applicable topics here. SU_STE_Spoke_Topics 2014

    A lecture by Markus Balz, Managing Director, sbp sonne gmbh Location: Pulp-Cinema, Neelsie, Stellenbosch University (Location) Date: 14 November 2013 Time: 11h00 – ...

  Johan Kotze, STERG PhD candidate will be presenting this lecture. SANEDI recently recognised his efforts and Johan was awarded with the RECORD RERE Young ...

  See CSP Today South Africa 2014 website. STERG and associates will be presenting at the event.  

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SolarPACES 2014 20th SolarPACES Conference, 16. - 19. September 2014, Beijing, China Where: Beijing, China When:16. - 19. September, 2014 Important Dates: Abstract due 31 ...

Ivanpah unit 2 being admired by STERG members

      Herewith an invitation to a CRSES forum: Solar thermal power plants and their advantages: presented by Prof Frank Dinter, Eskom Chair in Concentrating Solar ...

Most of team Stellenbosch are here. Our presence is being felt and we were informed by the organizers that we might be the 4th biggest ...

  Our theme at SolarPACES2013 Las Vegas is based on the above phrases and we are using this at an opportunity to announce our new ...

2014 Applications now open! Click on the above image to go to the site.

This is an early announcement. Please follow up with CRSES or come an talk to someone in STERG. The bursaries are competitive, for South Africans ...

STERG congratulates Kenny Allen for his best presenter award at the National EPC conference hosted by NRF and iThemba labs. The below picture is Kenny next ...

SANEA Energy Awards 2013 STERG congratulates Johan Kotzé for winning the SANEDI / RECORD RERE Young Researcher Award 2013. Johan Kotze is a final year PhD student. ...

See below link for an Engineering News article on the SANEA lecture presented by Prof. Wikus van Niekerk (CRSES) and Mr. Paul Gauche (STERG) A ...

  [Click here or on the image to go direct to the NRF call] Closing date: 15 August 2013 Process: You are responsible for the ...

We congratulate Sebastian Bode as one of the 200 Young South Africans for 2013! Click here or below photo to read more.

  Concentrating Solar Power By Numbers An opinion article written by Paul Gauché (STERG), Riaan Meyer (GeoSun) & Alan Brent (CRSES).

  Venue: iThemba Labs, Cape Town For more information click on the below link: ICTP - International Centre for Theoretical Physics

CRSES is offering 3 postdoc positions. Please see this link for more details and closing date.

  This is a first call for the first NRF annual conference in renewable and nuclear energy. If you are an NRF funded student, you ...

      Concentrating solar power as a key component of the renewable electricity system A Grantham seminar by Paul Gauché, Senior Researcher and Coordinator, ...

  Mark the date. Check back at the SASEC website.

  SolarPACES have announced conference and paper submission information. The conference website is now up and running and abstracts can be submitted. In summary: Abstracts ...

Riaan Meyer, CSP & Solar Resource Assessment, CSP Today South Africa, 2013 Paul Gauche, Modelling CSP Plant Scenarios in South Africa, CSP Today South Africa, 2013 To all ...

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  The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and AEE - INTEC (Institute for Sustainable Technologies from Austria) set up a 3-year solar thermal energy project (Southern ...

  July 17 17h30 - 19h30 Engen Petroleum Ltd Conference Centre, Engen Court Cape Town Cape Town Lecture: Prof Wikus van Niekerk, Director: Centre for ...

  26 – 30 August 2013 Skilpadvlei Conference Centre, Stellenbosch Stellenbosch University will present a five-day training workshop in renewable and sustainable energy technologies in ...

  Herewith an invitation to our next  Forum: Is CSP a silver bullet for South Africa? A public debate on how concentrating solar power might benefit ...

    Sponsored by Supported by Now registered for ECSA CPD points Due to the rapid growth in numbers of postgraduate students and research outputs, ...

STERG Quarterly meeting agenda – 5 December 2013, 10h00 to 12h00, M306 Research (40-60min) SASEC dry run opportunity a.)     A review of aiming strategies for ...

This is the current date for the second quarterly meeting. (It is listed in the calendar to the right)   Draft agenda: 11:00 - 12:00: ...

The RECORD Launch See website. Mr Sebastian-James Bode (University of Stellenbosch) in the category of most promising “blue sky” research project, for his work in ...

The next step in the STERG technology R&D roadmap will be happening as Sasol sent the official award notification last week. This facility which we ...

An article at the Engineering News about the realities of CSP for SA. To create CSP technology here or not. Fakir is the head of ...

Riaan Meyer is CEO and founder of GeoSun, a spin-off of the efforts at Stellenbosch University. GeoSun supplies the best satellite derived solar data around and installs solar ...

The Heat is On - Research into Alternative Heat Transfer Fluids An article by Jenny Muirhead and Andrew Williams. Click on the link above or the ...

Heliostat attenuation measurement method This PhD requires the a heliostat attenuation measurement system is developed, tested and validated. The project will be funded by Sasol ...

For the 2nd year running, STERG will have speakers at this event. More information to come. http://www.csptoday.com/southafrica/index.php

This is an interesting opportunity to attend a lecture by a person who lead the NDP energy component. When our event calendar works again, we ...

The 2 big M&M research groups having a social function. Dunno who won officially but I think we did.

Close-up of calibrating 6 small heliostats. Target is 2m x 2m at a height of 9m. Heliostats are about 45m away.   ...

The International Solar  Energy Society (ISES) and the Mexican Solar Energy Association (ANES) have the  honor of hosting the Solar World Congress 2013 which is ...

The DST/NRF renewable and sustainable energy scholarships for Masters and PhD is now open. The program document lists all available topics. This is the biggest ...

We are looking for SU students (or staff?) that have a bit of time and have skills at developing web sites/pages. See our jobs page ...

For more info see http://www.crses.sun.ac.za/studies-short-courses.php

  19th SolarPACES Conference 17 - 20 September 2013 Las Vegas, USA Please visit the conference website for more details.

STERG was well represented at SolarPACES 2012 in Marrakesh, Morocco. We had a delegation of 9  people from SU, UKZN and CSIR. We delivered 6 papers ...

STERG Heliostat Developments: Karel Malan, a STERG Master's student,  has developed useful software which calibrates a heliostat's position. To view the accelerated calibration, click on ...

The Gemasolar plant situated in Seville, Spain, is the first CSP plant in the world to sustainably operate  for 24 hours with a combined central receiver and molten ...

Sebastian Bode, a second year MSc student and member of the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG) at Stellenbosch University is also a recent winner ...

The NRF plans to announce a new program called Renewable and Sustainable Energy Scholarships. These scholarships will be associated with the various hubs, spokes and chairs ...

A two year scholarship is available towards a Masters degree in renewable energy commencing in 2013 for South African citizens or permanent residents. Please go to the ...

A Value proposition of CSP for South Africa, an emerging market, is proposed by Paul Gauché of STERG and recognised by CSP Today in their article ...

Solar could supply SA energy - expert http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Solar-could-supply-SA-energy-expert-20120723

Stellenbosch University has been identified as the Eskom Specialisation Centre in the Renewable Energy Technology in the Eskom Power Plant Engineering Institute. As part of ...

Novatec Solar made contact with STERG about filling a position - Project Engineer Manufacturing relating to the construction of Novatec LFR plants in SA.

SolarPACES 2012 conference which is to take place from September 11 – 14, 2012 in Marrakech, Morocco. SolarPACES 2012 is the foremost symposium for the ...

 SASEC Third Announcement and Registration Information The 1st Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC 2012) will be held from the 21 st to the 23rd  of ...

1 week module for degree and exec students. More information Degree students Exec students

The event, in its first edition, will take place on the 7th and 8th of February at the Hilton Sandton Hotel, attracting over 400 attendees. ...

Be part of the first national conference in solar energy. Submit your abstracts at www.sasec.org.za by 21 November.  

Staff and students are cordially invited to attend the Flownex Thermal-Fluid Systems Modelling course from 5 to 7 December 2011. There is a registration fee of ...

The European Thermal-Sciences Conference is an international conference organized by the EUROTHERM committee  (present President A. Van Steenhoven). This conference takes place in Europe every 4 ...

Solar Thermal Energy Systems 814 This module focuses on concentrating solar power (CSP) but also covers solar water heating (SWH) and other solar thermal applications. ...

STERG is represented by 4 papers and 6 delegates. Please see our conference proceedings list for the topics represented.

  The 1st Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC 2012) will be held from the 21st to the 23rd of May 2012 at the Protea Hotel ...

STERG students visit to the CSIR Four of the MScEng students from the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG) did four weeks of practical work ...

Bursaries Bursaries are available to post-graduate South African students studying on a full-time basis in Renewable Energy. These bursaries would be : R80 000 per ...

Invitation to Apply for the 2012 Award The DBREV Trustees are pleased to offer a scholarship towards a two year post graduate degree in the ...

First thermosolar power plant in the world to supply uninterrupted power for an entire day. This is done using a central receiver plant with thermal ...

Solar thermal and PV are both growing but in different ways.   solar thermal Job Trends Solar Thermal jobs

The Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch is currently involved in the evaluation and development of different solar thermal power ...

Thermal energy storage is a primary research area in the solar thermal energy research group (STERG). One thermal storage concept uses particular types of rock ...

To actively promote the development of solar technology. That was the aim set by members of the Working Group for Environmental Technology (Arbeitskreis für Umwelttechnologie) ...

Heavyweights to use solar power http://www.capetimes.co.za/heavyweights-to-use-solar-power-1.1050016

Sasol is looking for a principle engineer in CSP research. See attachment for full details. Deadline is 3 March 2011! Principal Mechanical Engineer Sasol

. The 15th IAHR international conference on cooling tower and air-cooled heat exchanger will be held from 23rd – 26th October 2011 in Beijing, China. ...

. Solar World Africa – solar investment, innovation and development in Africa Solar World Africa 2011; the event is designed to give stakeholders across the ...

. If you subscribe to SAM information through the web site: https://www.nrel.gov/analysis/sam/, you will receive an invitation to the webinar. February 7, noon to 3 pm Mountain: ...

Geneva, 20 January 2011 (WMO) - The year 2010 ranked as the warmest year on record, together with 2005 and 1998, according to the World ...

. Call for Papers – Deadline for Submission of Abstracts:  30 April 2011 Click here to Submit your Abstract online Abstracts may be submitted online ...

The Department of Environmental Affairs has led the process of formulating an effective and comprehensive national response to climate change in the form of the Green Paper ...

Sasol is offering postgraduate bursaries for research in CSP (amongst many other research areas) for 2012. Here is more information about the bursaries. Sasol Postgraduate ...

The 15th IAHR international conference on cooling tower and air-cooled heat exchanger will be held from 23rd – 26th October 2011 in Beijing, China. You ...

The ISES Solar World Congress 2011 is the world’s largest scientific congress in the field of solar energy and buildings. It will take place from ...

Department of Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering RESEARCH LECTURE Mr P Gauché  (Stellenbosch University) "On Prerequisites to Large Scale Rollout of CSP in Southern Africa: Models, ...

A short course in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will be held from 6-10 December 2010* at the Centre for Geographical Analysis. This introductory course is ...

The National Solar Conference is the longest-running educational event for solar energy professionals in the U.S. Now in its 40th year, the SOLAR 2011 program ...

. Where: Granada, Spain When: 20. - 23. September, 2011 Venue: Granada Congress Centre (http://www.pcgr.org) Visit conference web site for details.

CSIRO is building the world’s largest solar tower Brayton Cycle at the National Solar Energy Centre. For more information please link here and here.

Come and listen to Pancho Ndebele talk about the utilisation of South Africa’s solar resources for the generation of sustainable energy, and the rolling out ...

If you are interested in solar systems: This Wednesday 3rd November at 17h00 Central European Time we'll have Chris Gueymard, worldwide recognized expert in the field of ...

Poster Open Day LRI

Read more about this at http://ivanpahsolar.com/ Located on 3,600 acres of U.S. BLM managed land in southeastern California, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) ...

For Post-grad and Exec students. Pos-grads need to do work before and after the block week. Execs attend just this week. Contact CRSES (http://www.sun.ac.za/crses) to ...

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The Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (CRSES) and the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG) will be at the conference and you can find us at ...

Welcome to the new STERG site. Please provide feedback by completing the [Contact] form. Solar Thermal Energy is entering a new phase in Southern Africa ...