SOLTRAIN

Malealea Lodge: Building on solar thermal successes

In 2016, Bethel Business Community and Development Centre (BBCDC) installed five 150 litre solar water heaters as a …

5 years, 8 months ago

Malealea Lodge

SOLTRAIN at African Utility Week

The 18th annual African Utility Week hosted 6 411 attendees over 3 days from 84 countries and 300 exhibitors from…

5 years, 8 months ago

Khothatso Mpheqeke and Karen Surridge

University of Zimbabwe re-launches Master of Science Renewable Energy

First launched in 1996 and then suspended, University of Zimbabwe’s Faculty of Engineering has relaunched its Master…

5 years, 8 months ago

Tawanda Mushiri and Samson Mhlanga

Workshop expansion for BBCDC’s new solar thermal venture

In order to create income and ensure future sustainability, the Bethal Business and Community Development Centre (BB…

5 years, 8 months ago

SOLTRAIN Lesotho

Solar Thermal Technology Platform will present challenges, but CERC and stakeholders are up to the task

The Botswana Solar Thermal Technology Platform (BSTTP) Meeting, held at the end of May, aimed to pave way for the im…

5 years, 8 months ago

Prof. E. Matlotse

SOLTRAIN at International Conference on Solar Power Systems

The Namibia Energy Institute presented recent Southern African Solar Thermal Training and Demonstration Initiative (…

5 years, 8 months ago

Fenni Shidhika, Helvi Ileka and Zivayi Chiguvare

SOLTRAIN’s cumulative carbon & cost-savings impact quantified

The installation of solar thermal demonstration projects is an important part of the SOLTRAIN programme’s activities…

5 years, 11 months ago

Werner Weiss and Monika Spörk-Dür

Clean Energy Research Centre hosts successful SOLTRAIN conference

University of Botswana’s Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) hosted a successful SOLTRAIN Conference at the Universi…

5 years, 11 months ago

Dr. Edwin Matlotse

BBCDC

In December, BBCDC put up a large advertising sign in Mohales Hoek at the site of BBCDC’s solar energy sales opera…

5 years, 11 months ago

Ivan Yaholnitsky

SOLTRAIN-funded project takes the prize in Kazakhstan

The National University of Lesotho (NUL) solar thermal project funded by SOLTRAIN made headlines in Astana, Kazakhst…

5 years, 11 months ago

SOLTRAIN Administrator

Research underway comparing solar thermal vs. solar PV for water heating

The Namibia Energy Institute (NEI), at the Namibia University of Science and Technology together with AEE-INTEC, hav…

5 years, 11 months ago

Helvi Ileka and Rudi Moschik

Botswana’s first solar thermal system subsidized by SOLTRAIN was commissioned in February this year. SOLTRAIN’s part…

5 years, 11 months ago

Andrew Obok Opok

SOLTRAIN ended 2017 on a high note

SOLTRAIN ran a technical tour late last year and invited representatives from solar companies, academic institutions…

5 years, 11 months ago

Puleng Mosothoane

How do we implement Solar Thermal Technologies in a Techo- Economically feasible way in South Africa?

The SOLTRAIN project aims to tackle water heating energy needs and create opportunities through addressing the solar…

5 years, 11 months ago

Dr Karen Surridge

Specialised training course on Solar Heat for industrial applications

A specialised course for a restricted number of experts was held in Stellenbosch at the end of November, giving insight…

6 years, 2 months ago

Monika Spörk-Dür

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