SOLTRAIN news

Our news archive on the SOLTRAIN website covering updates on projects, training initiatives, and events from the SADC territories under the SOLTRAIN program.

Augustineum secondary school reaps the benefits of solar hot water through SOLTRAIN

Augustineum secondary school reaps the benefits of solar hot water through SOLTRAIN

The Augustineum Secondary School, established in 1866, is among the oldest schools in Namibia. Originally situated i…

3 years, 5 months ago

Helvi Ileka

Solar thermal information dissemination and training continues in Zimbabwe

Solar thermal information dissemination and training continues in Zimbabwe

The SOLTRAIN team in Zimbabwe continued to fulfill its training mandate in the country despite challenges impos…

3 years, 8 months ago

Samson Mhlanga

Solar technology for wastewater treatment in Butha Buthe, Lesotho

Solar technology for wastewater treatment in Butha Buthe, Lesotho

During the second quarter of this year, Bethal Business and Community Development Centre (BBCDC) constructed a …

3 years, 8 months ago

Ivan Yaholnitsky

Women and youth a driving force in solar thermal activities in Zimbabwe

Women and youth a driving force in solar thermal activities in Zimbabwe

Involving women in the dissemination of solar thermal technologies will go a long way towards solving Zimbabwe&rsquo…

3 years, 8 months ago

Samson Mhlanga

SOLTRAIN kicks off the next round of Mozambique's training activities in Beira

SOLTRAIN kicks off the next round of Mozambique's training activities in Beira

The next round of SOLTRAIN's training activities kicked off recently in Mozambique at Young Africa (YA), an orga…

3 years, 8 months ago

Geraldo Nhumaio and Rudi Moschik

Solar thermal success story: Maru-a-Pula school hostels

Solar thermal success story: Maru-a-Pula school hostels

Maru-a-Pula is a co-educational, independent day and boarding secondary school which was founded in 1972 and es…

3 years, 9 months ago

Kevin Nwaigwe

Hospital reaps the reward of hybrid solar thermal system

Hospital reaps the reward of hybrid solar thermal system

Hospitals have a very large demand for hot water and water heating is a major expense. Most hospitals use heat pumps…

3 years, 9 months ago

David Liddell

Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology visits University of Botswana's SOLTRAIN trailer

Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology visits University of Botswana's SOLTRAIN trailer

The Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology, Botswana, Honourable Dr. Douglas Letsholathebe…

3 years, 9 months ago

Kevin Nwaigwe

Maternity clinic reaps the benefits of solar hot water

Maternity clinic reaps the benefits of solar hot water

Mother Paula Maternity Clinic is situated in the suburb of Paradise Park in the town of Marondera, near to the …

3 years, 11 months ago

Samson Mhlanga

SOLTRAIN assists with providing solar hot water for townhouses in Maseru

SOLTRAIN assists with providing solar hot water for townhouses in Maseru

A townhouse complex in Lesotho has become a beneficiary of the SOLTRAIN Demonstration Project initiative i…

3 years, 11 months ago

Puleng Mosothoane

Ostrich leather tannery's cost and energy savings quantified after two-and-a-half years of operation with solar

Ostrich leather tannery's cost and energy savings quantified after two-and-a-half years of operation with solar

Cape Karoo International (CKI), is the result of a merger between Klein Karoo International and Mosstrich, and is th…

3 years, 11 months ago

CKI Tannery, Oudtshoorn

SOLTRAIN Student Project Support Scheme: A supervisor's perspective

As a lecturer for Energy and Industrial Engineering at Botswana University of Science at Technology (BIUST), it was …

4 years ago

Dr. Tobias Bader

Solar Thermal Energy for Maluti Mountain Brewery: A bursary recipient perspective

My name is Malillane Lillane, a Mosotho woman pursuing a Masters in Sustainable Energy at the National University of…

4 years ago

Malillane Lillane

SOLTRAIN’s Support Scheme for Postgraduate Students has awarded fifteen bursaries so far with more to come

SOLTRAIN’s Support Scheme for Postgraduate Students has awarded fifteen bursaries so far with more to come

SOLTRAIN’s Student Project Support Scheme supports masters or PhD theses dedicated to the topic of solar therm…

4 years, 1 month ago

Monika Spörk-Dür

Policy interventions in support of the implementation of Solar Thermal Roadmaps

The SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE) has a mandate to increase access to modern ener…

4 years, 2 months ago

Kuda Ndhlukula