Opportunities and Challenges Related to the Growth of Non-dispatchable Renewable Energy

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Hall: Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor
Room: Cantareira 2

The share of non-dispatchable renewables in Brazil has been growing steadily and is expected to reach 44% by 2027. The safe operation of electricity grids with growing shares of non-dispatchable renewable sources poses unique new challenges, thus creating new opportunities for large-scale energy storage.

11:00 am - 11:10 amSession Opening - Challenges and Opportunities for Large-Scale Energy Storage Applications

Sergio Jacobsen

CEO

Micropower Energia

11:10 am - 11:30 amRequirements of Operational Flexibility with Growing Participation of Renewable Sources

Tiago de Barros Correia

CEO

RegE Consultoria

11:30 am - 11:50 amInternational Best Practices for Reserve Capacity, Ancillary Services, and Energy Trading

Mauro Basquera

Technical Manager

Sungrow Power Supply

11:50 am - 12:10 pmSynergies Between Large-Scale Renewable Generation and Bess for Reserve Capacity and Other Large-Scale Applications

Kleber Costa Corrêa

Eletrobras

12:20 pm - 12:30 pmQ&A

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Speakers

Speaker

Tiago de Barros Correia, RegE Consultoria

CEO

Brazil

Tiago de Barros Correia is CEO of RegE Consultoria. He is an economist, and specialist in public policy and government management with more than 14 years of experience in the Brazilian Federal Government, and MS.c. in energy systems planning. He was Director of the National Electric Energy Agency - ANEEL - from 2014 to 2018.

Speaker

Sergio Jacobsen, Micropower Energia

CEO

Brazil

Since November 2022, Sergio Jacobsen has been the CEO of Micropower Energy, a company belonging to the Comerc Energia, Siemens and Equinor Groups, which operates in the energy storage solutions segment and whose mission is to bring solutions capable of contributing to Brazil's energy transition towards a more sustainable model for the economy, the environment and society. He previously worked at Siemens for 22 years. In the organization, Sergio held the positions of Sales Manager, Smart Grids Manager and Director until becoming Vice President of Siemens Smart Infrastructure. With a degree in Electrical Engineering from Mackenzie University and an Executive MBA from ESMT Berlin, Sergio joined Micropower at a time of transformation in the electricity sector, which is demanding modernization and adaptation to new digital solutions for business evolution, with a focus on smart grids that enable the addition of more and more renewable energy sources in Brazil and around the world.

Speaker

Kleber Costa Corrêa, Eletrobras

Brazil

Kleber Costa Corrêa, MSc, is Executive Manager of Generation Pipeline Development at Eletrobras. An engineer with more than 15 years' experience in the development of renewable energy generation and power transmission projects, he has worked on various initiatives at Eletrobras, in particular prospecting for business in Central America and the Southern Cone region. He was Executive Assistant to the Engineering Board of CGT Eletrosul, Head of the Southern Cone Branch of Eletrobras and CEO of the Artilleros Wind Farm in Uruguay, and was also Head of the Central America Branch of Eletrobras, whose office was based in Panama. He holds a Master's degree in Production Engineering with a focus on renewable energies from the Federal University of Santa Catarina and an MBA in International Business from Florida International University.

Speaker

Mauro Basquera, Sungrow Power Supply

Technical Manager

Brazil

Mauro Fernando Basquera Junior holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Control and Automation Engineering from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria and an Executive MBA with a focus on Electricity Sector Business from Fundação Getulio Vargas. As the Technical Manager for Latin America at Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd., he currently he leads a team that focus on the promotion, design and implementation of PV and ESS systems throughout the region.

Further Content

Speaker

Eduardo Tobias Ruiz, Watt Capital

Managing Partner

Brazil

Eduardo Tobias is a Managing Partner at Watt Capital. He is a specialist in project investment analysis, project financing, and on mergers & acquisitions of renewable energy projects and assets in Brazil. He is a cofounder and currently the vice-coordinator of ABSOLAR's Green Hydrogen Working Group. Tobias is also a visiting Professor at FGV, teaching for its Power Sector Executive Program, and author of the books 'Investment Analysis in Utility Scale PV Projects' (2021) and 'Investment Analysis in Bioenergy Greenfield Projects' (2015). He has a BSc. in Business Administration from FGV-EAESP and a Professional Master in Bioenergy from FGV-EESP.

Speaker

Vinicius Ayrão Franco, Sinergia Consultoria e Serviçios Tecnicos LTDA

Technical Director

Brazil

Electrical Engineer, specialist in Photovoltaic Solar Energy Projects in MMGD and self-production. He has developed more than 500MW of projects for Parecer de Acesso in 24 concessionaires across the country. He actively participated in the ABNT commission that developed NBR 16690. He has been a speaker at the main events in the solar energy sector and a course instructor in the area of solar energy electrical installations, having trained more than 600 technical and engineering professionals. He is currently President of Abracopel, a board member of ABGD and Technical Director of Sindistal-RJ.

Speaker

Sergio Roberto Santos, Lambda Consultoria LTDA

Electrical Engineer

Brazil

Electrical engineer graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with a specialization in economics and business (MBA) from the Federal University of São Carlos and a master's degree in energy from the Institute of Energy and Environment at the University of São Paulo. He is a specialist in surge protection at Embrastec and an electrical engineer at Lambda Consultoria Ltda. He has been working in the field of surge protection for over 20 years, specifying Surge Protection Devices (SPDs), drawing up technical standards and writing articles and books on the subject.

Speaker

André Luiz Gonçalves Scabbia, Technological Research Institute

Professor

Brazil

Formed by the interaction of lessons from family, friends and the academic world, be it a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of São Paulo - USP, a Master's in Civil Engineering in Housing: Planning and Technology from IPT, a postgraduate degree in Occupational Safety from FAAP, a degree in Electrical Engineering from FEI (Fundação Educacional Inaciana Padre Saboia de Medeiros), as well as a period as a researcher at the Technological Research Institute of the State of São Paulo - IPT. He works in the field of Fire Safety - SCI, with an emphasis on forensics involving fire and explosion issues in all their diversity. Never forgetting that my professional career began at Metrô-SP, where I was taught the Code of Conduct: Safety, Speed and Comfort.

Speaker

Priscila Alves dos Santos, FIT Instituto de Tecnologia

Researcher & Electrical Engineer

Brazil

Priscila Santos is a researcher in the energy field at Instituto Fit. She is responsible for energy startups and applied AI and IoT training. She has in-depth knowledge of the hybrid generation industry for rural and industrial areas. Mentor of startups in the energy, automotive, agricultural and fintech segments.