Stefan Krauter
A word of thanks

J. W. Bautista Vidal
Os dois colapsos planetários

Peter T. Landsberg
Foreword

Franz Alt
WAR FOR OIL OR PEACE THROUGH THE SUN?

Hermann Scheer
THE SOLAR AGE

Hermann Scheer
THE WORLD COUNCIL FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY

Enino Bueno Pereira
SWERA - SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT – REGIONAL AGENCY FOR LATIN AMERICA

Hans Bressers
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICIES: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND EXPERIENCES FROM SPAIN, NETHERLANDS AND UNITED KINGDOM

Gunnar Boye Olesen
NGO PROPOSAL AND VISIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE ENRERGY

Peter Thomas Landsberg
THE HISTORY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS – A BRIEF HISTORY

Marco Antonio Galdino
THE IMPLANTATION OF A GRID-CONNECTED PV SYSTEM AT CEPEL

Jancarle L. Santos
Maximum Power Point Tracker for PV Systems

Cristiano Augusto da S. Freire
A STATIC LINEAR SIMULATION FOR THE THERMAL BEHAVIOR OF PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES

Neyde Yukie Murakami
NOVEL DYES TO SENSITIZE PHOTOELETROCHEMICAL SOLAR CELLS: RESEARCHES ON DYE-CELLS FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

André Sarto Polo
CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS USING FRUIT EXTRACTS

A. V. Karimov
RESEARCH of INITIAL STRUCTURES FOR SOLAR ELEMENTS

Paulo Cesar Marques de Carvalho
SIZING METHOD OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC POWERED ELECTRODIALYSIS PLANT

Samuel L. Abreu
ISOLATED HYBRID PV-DIESEL POWER PLANTS DESIGN METHOD

Stefan C. W. Krauter
REMOTE PV POWER SUPPLY MONITORED VIA SATELLITE

Stefan C. W. Krauter
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION BY PV IN TERMS OF CARBON TRADING

Miguel Toledo V.
THEORETICAL STUDY OF A MODULAR SOLAR PLANT FOR ELECTRICAL GENERATION WITH A GAS-TURBINE OF 500 kW

Fauziah Sulaiman
DESIGNING A SOLAR THERMAL CYLINDRICAL PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATOR BY SIMULATION

L. G. M. Souza
VIABILITY OF USE OF PVC TUBES IN SOLAR COLLECTORS

Mahmoud Ben Amara
Experimental study of a New-Design Air Solar Plate Collector used in relation with the operating conditions in a solar Desalination Process

Emin Kulic
METHODOLOGY OF TESTING AND DATA PROCESSING TO PREDICT THE MAIN THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FLAT-PLATE WATER COOLED SOLAR COLLECTORS

M. Toledo V.
THERMAL SIMULATION OF A CONCENTRATOR PIPE COMPOSED WITH NORMAL RADIATION DISTRIBUTION

Carlos Rivera
EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF BARIUM CHLORIDE-AMMONIA IN AN ABSORPTION SOLAR REFRIGERATION PROTOTYPE

A. Busso
UNDERGROUND THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE – FIRST THERMAL RESPONSE TEST IN SOUTH AMERICA

M. Balghouthi
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE THERMAL AND HYDROUS BEHAVIORS OF A SOIL HEATED BY A SYSTEM OF BURIED CAPILLARY PLAITS. STORAGE OF ENERGY IN THE UNDERGROUND OF THE AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSES

Howard Geller
ENERGY REVOLUTION: POLICIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

J. O. Jaber
ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY CONSERVATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAMS IN THE HOUSEHOLD SECTOR IN JORDAN

Ricardo Wargas
EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMIC–FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS IN SMALL-SIZED INDUSTRIES

Ana Luz Quintanilla-Montoya
THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES AS THE TRIGGER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY PLANNING IN ARID-COASTAL ZONES OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

Shiv Pratap Raghuvanshia
CARBON DIOXIDE AND METHANE EMISSIONS FROM POWER GENERATION IN INDIA

André Felipe Simões
ALTERNATIVES FOR MITIGATING CO2 EMISSIONS IN THE AIR TRANSPORTATION SECTOR IN BRAZIL

Katia Cristina Garcia
CO2 EMISSIONS INVENTORY OF ONE OF THE MAJOR BRAZILIAN STEEL MAKERS

Osvaldo Lívio Soliano Pereira
DETERMINAÇÃO DA LINHA DE BASE E CÁLCULO DA REDUÇÃO DE EMISSÕES DE GASES DO EFEITO ESTUFA - ESTUDO DE VIABILIDADE DE PROJETO DE PEQUENA ESCALA VOLTADO À
ADOÇÃO DE MECANISMO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO LIMPO –MDL

Thomas Renatus Fendel
AIR-CLEANING BIOENERGY

G. Venkatarathnam
PERFORMANCE OF A VERY LOW TEMPERATURE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM OPERATING WITH NATURAL FLUIDS

Klemens Schwarzer
MODULAR SOLAR THERMAL DESALINATION SYSTEM WITH FLAT PLATE COLLECTOR

P. C. M. Carvalho
ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF WIND POWERED REVERSE OSMOSIS SEA WATER DESALINATION PLANTS IN THE NORTHEAST REGION, BRAZIL

Miguel L. M. Negro
MASS PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN IN BRAZIL

Paulo César Marques de Carvalho
USE OF FUEL CELLS FOR ENERGY STORAGE IN DESALINATION PLANTS

Akbar Shabani Kia
BIOGAS INCENTIVE IN IRAN

Peteris Shipkovs
BIOMASS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN LATVIA

Debra Jenkins
MODULAR SMALL SCALE WOOD GAS CHP

Christopher Maltin
A REVOLUTION IN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION

Ö. Ünal
PRESSURISED FLUIDISED BED GASIFICATION OF WOOD AND MISCANTHUS: HOT GAS CLEANING WITH CERAMIC CHANNEL FLOW FILTERS

James McElvaney
THE BIOCONVERTER SOLUTION

Leandro Dalla Zen
UTILIZATION OF THE CO-FIRING, WOOD/MINERAL COAL, IN FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION PROCESS TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTALLY SULFUROUSUS EMISSIONS IN SMALL THERMAL POWER PLANTS

Sandro Barros Ferreira
THE USE OF BIOMASS FUELS IN GAS TURBINE COMBINED CYCLES: GASIFICATION vs. EXTERNALLY FIRED CYCLE

R. E. Hanitsch
WIND ENERGY CONVERTERS AND SOME ASPECTS OF POWER QUALITY

H. Irps
FURTHER DEVOLOPMENT OF THE WIND ENERGY CONVERTER MoWEC FOR STAND ALONE USE

Marcelo dos Santos Cereser
ANÁLISE DO POTENCIAL EÓLICO DO MUNICÍPIO DE ACEGUÁ

Fabiano Daher Adegas
POWER CURVE OF SMALL WIND TURBINE GENERATORS – LABORATORY AND FIELD TESTING

Tchiarles Coutinho Hilbig
WIND FARMS SIZING: A COMPUTATIONAL MICRO SITTING ANALYSIS

Jorge Antonio Villar Alé
PRO-FAE: FERRAMENTA COMPUTACIONAL PARA AUXILIO NO PROJETO PRELIMINAR DE FAZENDAS EÓLICAS

Mark C. Fitzgerald
QUALITY PROGRAMS FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

Márcio Giannini Pereira
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX (RDI) – A PROPOSAL TO EVALUATE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENTS BASE ON THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM “LUZ NO CAMPO” CASE: CELESC UTILITY – PHASE: EX-ANTE (BEFORE THE ELECTRIFICATION)

Jörg-Dieter Anhalt
PRODUCTIVE USE OF SOLAR ELECTRIC ENERGY: ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

Jörg-Dieter Anhalt
THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS: SEAWEED

Georg Hille
THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROJECT XINGO

Klaus Knecht
PREFACE FOR THE WORKSHOP „RENEWABLE ENERGY AND INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN URBAN ARCHITECTURE“ SPONSORED BY INWENT

Khosrow Ghavami
ECO-CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme
MAN & CLIMATE – ARE WE LOOSING OUR CLIMATE ADAPTATION?

Anthony O. Pereira
CASE STUDIES FOR BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC (BIPV) FACADES IN THE UNITED STATES

Manfred Köhler
ROOF GARDENS IN BRAZIL

Ulrich Porsche
LIFE CYCLE COSTS OF GREEN ROOFS - A Comparison of Germany, USA, and Brazil

Angelina Galiteva
RENEWABLE ENERGY – OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE

Marco Schmidt
ENERGY SAVING STRATEGIES THROUGH THE GREENING OF BUILDINGS THE EXAMPLE OF THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE HUMBOLDTUNIVERSITY IN BERLIN- ADLERSHOF

Michael Laar
THE REVITALIZATION OF CENTRAL CITY AREAS AS A MEAN FOR URBAN SUSTAINABILITY - THE SUSTAINABLE URBAN MODULE FOR THE HOTHUMID TROPICS

Manfred Köhler
GREEN ROOFS AS A CONTRIBUTION TO REDUCE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS

Ingo A. Häberle
REFORESTATION OF URBAN AREAS IN RIO DE JANEIRO THROUGH A NGO - A STORY OF SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL SUCCESS

Organization Committee of RIO 3
DECLARATION OF RIO 3