Open Lectures

• Stefan Pfenninger, Comparing the system costs of baseload from CSP and nuclear power under high renewables scenarios in South Africa, 26 May 2015, Antalya, Turkey
• Paul Gauche, Increasing performance & reducing cost, 9 April 2014, CSP Today, Cape Town
• Dr. Reiner Buck, Manager – Dept. of Point Focusing Systems, Institute of Solar Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Solar Tower Technology – Status and R&D at DLR, 10 April 2014, Stellenbosch University
• Markus Balz, Managing Director, schlaich bergermann und partner, sbp sonne gmbh, From Moses Mabhida Stadium to Solar Power Generation in South Africa. 14 November 2013, Stellenbosch University
• Dr.-Ing. habil. Thorsten Urbaneck, Chair for Technical Thermodynamics, Technische Universitat Chemnitz, Short introduction of our interests // Thermal energy storages. 12 April 2013, Stellenbosch University
• 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
• Paul Gauche, “On prerequisites to large scale rollout of CSP in Southern Africa : models, plants and resources“, Research lecture, Dept. Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Stellenbosch, November 2010