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Home >Latest In:>SolarPACES Announcements>The ANU Solar Thermal Group has three full PhD stipends available

The ANU Solar Thermal Group has three full PhD stipends available

Posted onSeptember 13, 2017September 13, 2017Author

The ANU Solar Thermal Group presently has three full PhD stipends available, funded under the Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI).

Optical-structural design of heliostats
Development of an advanced sodium receiver
System modelling of novel CSP systems

Details of the application process and eligibility here. Applications close on 30 September 2017.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/en-au/listing/63190/phd-scholarship-in-concentrating-solar-thermal-research/

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Xina Solar One CSP plant completes first month of operation 1 Nov 2017
38 Bids From 24 Energy Firms in Chile’s Energy Auctions 29 Oct 2017
SolarReserve Bids CSP Under 5 Cents in Chilean Auction 29 Oct 2017
Will Molten Salt Outdo Batteries for Grid-Tied Storage? 28 Oct 2017
Huge Jump in CSP Projects for the MENA Region 27 Oct 2017
New Fractal CSP Receivers Absorb Sunlight Better 25 Oct 2017
Ghana to Tap its Abundant Solar Thermal Energy Potential 24 Oct 2017
New Chance for US CSP? California Outlaws Gas-Fired Peaker Plants 13 Oct 2017
Solar Thermal Molten Salt Storage Among Bids into Queensland Storage Tender 12 Oct 2017
How we Talk About Climate Change Matters 3 Oct 2017
New Solar Collector Design Aims to Bring CSP Costs to Record Lows 3 Oct 2017
Abengoa in Positive Financial Shape After Restructuring 1 Oct 2017
How ACWA Bid Record Low Cost CSP in Dubai 22 Sep 2017
Dispatchable Solar CSP Broke Price Records in 2017 21 Sep 2017
ACWA Power / Shanghai Power Win Dubai Solar Auction with 7.3 Cents CSP 16 Sep 2017
China’s Shouhang and CNLNPC to Invest $2.3 Billion (USD) in CSP 15 Sep 2017
China Releases Shortlist for 1st 20 Demo CSP Projects 13 Sep 2017
SunShot Focuses $62 Million on CSP Cost Reduction 12 Sep 2017
China’s First Commercial CSP Project at 50 MW Begins Test Run 12 Sep 2017
SunShot to Fund Solar Thermal Desalination Research 11 Sep 2017
South Africa’s Reneged Renewable Contracts to Lead to Lawsuits 10 Sep 2017
TuNur Revives Sahara-Europe CSP Export Idea 7 Sep 2017

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