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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 OBJECTIVES 1.2 STRUCTURE   2. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 2.1 OVERVIEW OF THE WORLD ENERGY GRID 2.1.1 Non Renewable Energy 2.1.2 Renewable Energies 2.1.3 Challenges for the Development of Renewable Energies 2.2 BRAZILIAN ENERGY GRID 2.2.1 Retrospective of Production and Consumption 2.2.2 Characteristics of the Electrical System 2.2.3 Programs and Incentives 2.3 HYDROELECTRIC POWER 2.3.1 Potentials and Hydropower Generation in Brazil 2.3.2 Basic Principles of Hydropower Generation                                 2.3.3 Sustainability of Hydropower Generation 2.4 WIND ENERGY 2.4.1 Potentials and Generation of Wind Energy in Brazil 2.4.2 Basic Principles of Wind Power Generation                                 2.4.3 Sustainability of Wind Energy 2.5 PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY 2.5.1 Potentials and Solar Power Generation in Brazil 2.5.2 Basics of Photovoltaic Power Generation 2.5.3 Sustainability of Photovoltaic Energy 2.6 SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS   3. METHODOLOGY 3.1 CHARACTERIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF RESEARCH 3.2 DELIMITATION OF THE RESEARCH 3.3 COLLECTION AND DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTS 3.4 LIMITATIONS OF THE METHOD   4. EVALUATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN TWO BRAZILIAN REGIONS 4.1 SCOPE DEFINITION 4.2 CASE STUDIES 4.2.1 Garibaldi Hydro Power Plant 4.2.2 Água Doce Wind Farm 4.2.3 Tubarão Photovoltaic Power Plant 4.2.4 Açude Castanhão Hydro Power Plant 4.2.5 Praia Formosa Wind Farm 4.2.6 Telles Group Photovoltaic Power Plant 4.3 DETERMINATION OF SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS 4.3.1 Economic Indicators 4.3.2 Technical Indicators 4.3.3 Environmental Indicators 4.3.4 Social Indicators 4.4 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IN SUSTAINABILITY 4.5 APPLICATION OF THE METHOD TO CASE STUDIES 4.5.1 Evaluation of Scenario 1 (CN-MON) 4.5.2 Evaluation of Scenario 2 (CN-ECO) 4.5.3 Evaluation of Scenario 3 (CN-SUST) 4.6 SUMMARY OF RESULTS   5. DISCUSSION   6. CONCLUSIONS 6.1 SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE WORK   7. BIBLIOGRAPHY   APPENDIX A – MEMORIAL CALCULATION OF INDICATORS APPENDIX B – MEMORIAL CALCULATION OF AGGREGATE INDEX OF SUSTAINABILITY