For over 15 years, the DSTI-funded Hub and Spoke flagship programme has delivered hundreds of postgraduates and journal articles on renewable energy while developing hands-on experience through solar and wind technology deployment and demonstration.

Research Overview

The Hub-and-Spoke model is a collaborative model that recognises and supports research capacity and expertise in the renewable and sustainable energy sector, across a number of institutions in South Africa.

The hub is the central institution through which funding, reporting and general activities are coordinated. The Spokes are paired institutions which focus on specific areas of research in wind and solar energy.

Collaborators

Key Topics

  • Strategic Alignment

Contribution to the 2019 White Paper on Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) outcomes.

  • Flagship RDI Programs

  • Coal CO2-X RDI Flagship Programme
  • Energy Storage RDI Flagship Programme
  • Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Flagship Programme
  • Renewable Energy Hub and Spokes Flagship Programme

  • Partnerships

Collaboration with public, private, and academic entities for large-scale energy deployments.

  • Training & Skills Development

Focus on postgraduate skills development in engineering research and development complemented with Initiatives for technical and vocational education on emerging technologies

Projects

  • DSI RE Hub and Spokes Programme

    Ongoing

    As part of a responsive coordinated and efficient national research and development agenda, the Hub and Spokes Programme seeks to respond ...

Research Team

*Supported by the Elmien Lovell and rest of the CRSES team