Proceedings of the Joint International Workshop on Technical and Economic Aspects of Renewable Energies - Know-How Transfer as Development Opportunity for Southern Europe

Keynotes Renewables within the German Energy System Status, Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities (M. Kaltschmitt) Renewable Energy Sources in Greece: Potential, policies and perspectives (A. M. Papadopoulos) Energy policies to support Renewable Energy Development (H. Doukas, D. Angelopoulos, B. Breitschopf, R. Brückmann, F. Jirouš, I. Konstantinavičiūtė, P. Noothout, L. Tesnière, J. Psarras, M. Ragwitz) Session A - Selected issues in the field of Solar Energy Power Production from Solar Thermal Energy by Utilizing the ORC Technology (G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, G. Papadakis) Sustainable energy applications in the Mediterranean islands (T. Tsoutsos, S. Tournaki) Laser processing of thin film photovoltaic modules (B. Stegemann, C. Schultz, M. Schüle, K. Stelmaszczyk, M. Weizman, C. Wolf, C. A. Kaufmann, B. Rau, R. Schlatmann, F. Fink) Spectral performance of PV modules of different technologies (F. Mavromatakis, F. Vignola) Session B - Selected issues in the field of Bioenergy Agro-Energy Chains and Energy Potential from Biomass Crop and Agricultural Residues (M. Monteleone, A. R. B. Cammerino, A. Libutti, M. Francavilla) Agricultural Residues – a promising source for bioenergy production (M. Barz) Assessment of biomass potential for sustainable energy and fuels production in European Regions (E. Koukios, L. Karaoglanoglou) Production of Biokerosene Process routes and their evaluation (U. Neuling, M. Kaltschmitt) Session C - Selected issues in the field of integrated Renewable Energy Systems Renewable Energy Storage by Hydrogen Production from Water Electrolysis (U. R. Fischer, D. Tannert, A. Voigt, C. Ziems, H.-J. Krautz) Seawater desalination with renewable energy for reverse osmosis desalination (E. Sh. Mohamed, G. Papadakis) Integration of solar thermal systems in buildings: Perspectives and challenges (A. M. Papadopoulos) Session D - Selected issues in the field of Wind Energy Further Wind Power Exploitation in Islands Systems through Pump Storage Units (E. S. Karapidakis) Young Scientist/Student Symposium on selected issues of Renewable Energies State of the art of building insulation and energy management (M. Markaki, E. Karapidakis, T. Fanourakis) Agricultural residues as an energy source - a Case Study with banana residues (K. Dinkler, M. Barz) Solar Thermal Systems for Low Energy Hotels (E. Kyriaki, A. M. Papadopoulos) Sustainable biomass utilization strategies: Smart, bioresource-based specialization for Greek regional development (L. Karaoglanoglou, E. Koukios) A preliminary performance assessment of a PV-PCM system under actual Mediterranean climate conditions (N. Savvakis, P. Kokkalis, T. Tsoutsos) Optimization of industrial biogas processes in the context of integrated Biorefineries