A four-day conference on the use and development of renewable energy in the Caribbean will be held in Cape Canaveral June 3 – 6. The program, “Renewables: The Road to Sustainability,” is the seventh in a series sponsored by Sustainable Applications for Tropical Island States (SATIS) and the Caribbean Solar Energy Society.

SATIS 2007 is the only conference featuring renewable energy technologies conducted in the Caribbean, and researchers from universities across the Caribbean will be presenting their latest findings. This is the first time the conference has been held in the United States.

This Conference is the seventh in the series of SATIS aimed to provide a forum for the dissemination of information on the use and development of renewable energy technologies and systems in tropical islands, particularly in the Caribbean. Topics in renewable energy to be covered at the Conference include energy conservation, biomass, wind energy, ocean thermal energy, photovoltaics, solar hot water systems, solar concentration technologies, solar drying, solar cooking and solar absorption systems, amongst others.

The organizers encourage the participation of researchers, educators, consultants, investors, environmentalists, policymakers and the general public interested in applications of renewable energy technologies in tropical islands.

Bill Young of the University of Central Florida’s Florida Solar Energy Center, who is serving as technical contact for the conference, said that “this program is designed to bring together scientists, technologists and industry from both inside and outside the Caribbean to talk about ways that tropical nations can use energy conservation, solar energy, wind, biomass and other cost-effective renewable technologies. This year’s program will feature a special exhibit on solar, wind, energy, water and the environment.”

Objectives of the Conference

The program will be held at the Radisson Beach Resort at the Port in Cape Canaveral. For a copy of the conference program and complete details, visit www.caribbeansolar.org.

Abstracts are due by February 15. For more information, contact Bill Young at 321-638-1443 or young@fsec.ucf.edu.

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