Doing Business in Distributed Solar PV Generation

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Time
09:00 am - 10:30 am
Hall
Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor
Room
Cantareira 4-5

In this session, experts from the solar energy industry will be present to share their experiences and expertise in the sector, in addition to discussing the DG and self-production models that have stood out in practice.

09:00 am - 09:05 amWelcome and Introduction

Márcio Takata

CEO & Board Member / Conselheiro of ABSOLAR

Greener

09:05 am - 09:20 amSoil Treatment Results for Bifaciality Improvement in PV Plant & DC/AC Ratio and Pitch Analysis Based on Lcoe Otimization for PV Plants

Ruben Agulló Pomares

Director

Effitech Engenharia Ltda.

09:20 am - 09:30 amAC Ratio and Pitch Analysis Based on Lcoe Otimization for PV Plants

Ruben Agulló Pomares

Director

Effitech Engenharia Ltda.

09:30 am - 09:45 amLegal Security in Investment Plants

Éverton Sebastiany de Araújo

Partner - Legal Director

Ergo Energia Inteligente

09:45 am - 10:00 amSelf-Production of Energy: Modeling for Systems with Distributed Generation Migrating to ACL

Cíntia Flesch

Regulatory and Institutional Affairs Analyst

Grupo Cobra Brasil

10:00 am - 10:15 amInsights from the Largest Grid-Zero PV Plant in Brazil

Tiago Maranhao Alves

Co-Founder

Solar Americas Capital do Brasil

10:15 am - 10:30 amQ&A

Speakers
Speaker
Ruben Agulló Pomares, Effitech Engenharia Ltda.

Director

Brazil

Mechanical Engineer (Universidad de Málaga, Spain). Master in Renewable Energies (Universidad de Zaragoza). 20 years of experience in Projecting, Designing and Construction of Solar PV (grid-tie and off-grid) and Thermal systems in different countries: Spain, Italy, Mozambique and Brazil. Official Certifier for the Agencia Valenciana de la Energia (AVEN) in efficiency buildings and installations. Measurment and Verfication Certifier (CMVP) with Efficiency Valuation Organization (EVO). Auxiliar teacher in Sizing of PV systems in Specialist Course in Renewable Energies (2009-2010, Universidad de Málaga). From 2008 to 2011 was member of NGO Engineering Without Borders participating in development projects in Mozambique related with access to water and electrification of rural areas. Nowadays, Technical Manager of Effitech Spain S.L. (Spain, since 2006) and Effitech Engenharia Ltda. (Brazil, since 2012), both companies offer Engineering and Consulting services in Renewable and Efficient Energy systems with more than 2 GW of experience accumulated.

Speaker
Éverton Sebastiany de Araújo, Ergo Energia Inteligente

Partner - Legal Director

Brazil

Éverton Sebastiany de Araújo is an outstanding lawyer specializing in the solar energy sector, currently holding the position of Legal Director at Ergo Energia Inteligente. With a solid education from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) and postgraduate degrees in Business Law and Civil Law from Uniritter, he combines a solid academic base with a focused and experienced professional practice. Over the course of more than five years working specifically in the solar energy market, he has established himself as a leading legal advisor for investments in the sector. His in-depth technical and practical knowledge enables him to create structured and secure legal solutions for companies, with an emphasis on structuring and modeling shared generation vehicles. In addition, his expertise covers the drafting of various contracts, always with a view to optimizing and ensuring the legal security of operations in the solar energy sector.

Speaker
Cíntia Flesch, Grupo Cobra Brasil

Regulatory and Institutional Affairs Analyst

Brazil

Cíntia Flesch, a native of Vale do Sol/RS, holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Energy Self-Production from the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, a postgraduate degree in Energy Law from PUC/Minas, and a degree in Energy Engineering from the Universidade Federal do Pampa - UNIPAMPA - campus Bagé/RS. She has been working with Autoproduction modeling on load, with the migration of consumer units with GD to the Autoproduction of Energy modality, since 2021. She currently works in the regulatory sector, as a Regulatory and Institutional Affairs Analyst, at the Cobra Brasil Group, supporting the Energy Self-Production.

Speaker
Márcio Takata, Greener

CEO & Board Member / Conselheiro of ABSOLAR

Brazil

CEO of GREENER, a Research and Investment Strategies company focused on Energy Transition. Since 2007, has been involved in structuring more competitive and sustainable businesses with a focus on the Storage, Distributed and Centralized Solar Energy chain. Member of the Board of Directors of ABSOLAR, Marcio is engineer from the Polytechnic School of USP - University of São Paulo - and an MBA from INSPER and has served as a professor in different postgraduate programs in topics related to energy and sustainability.

Speaker
Tiago Maranhao Alves, Solar Americas Capital do Brasil

Co-Founder

United Kingdom

Tiago is active in the energy, deep-tech and entrepreneurship scene through a range of executive, founder and board-level roles. Most recently, he co-founded Solar Americas Capital with a mission to expand solar deployment in Latin America and EMEA, linking local knowledge to global investors and corporate consumers. Tiago has held a range of positions in start-ups and in leading multinationals such as IBM and ARM, global leader in semiconductor intellectual property. He worked internationally doing business in Europe, Middle East, USA and Asia. As a Management Consultant, he worked with Marakon Associates in London with some of the world's best-known and successful companies in a range of sectors. He is a certified fund manager with experience in the Brazilian VC/PE scene. Tiago completed his MBA (First Honors) at the University of Cambridge as a recipient of the Chevening Scholarship. He holds a Masters degree in Marketing and a BSc degree in Electronics Engineering/Physics. At the Harvard Business School, IMD Switzerland, LSE London and at UC Berkeley, Tiago completed programs on Leadership, Corporate Governance, M&A, Green Finance, and Innovations Management. Tiago is a Brazilian-born, who acquired his British citizenship during his years living in the UK.

Further Content
Webinar
Renewable Energy Jobs in Brazil - Career Opportunities and Challenges

October 24, 2024

New energy sources require not only new equipment and innovative technologies. They also require people to operate them. To properly utilize the new energy sources, the largest expected job gains are in electrical efficiency, power generation, and the automotive sector.

Speaker
Márcio Takata, Greener

CEO & Board Member / Conselheiro of ABSOLAR

Brazil

CEO of GREENER, a Research and Investment Strategies company focused on Energy Transition. Since 2007, has been involved in structuring more competitive and sustainable businesses with a focus on the Storage, Distributed and Centralized Solar Energy chain. Member of the Board of Directors of ABSOLAR, Marcio is engineer from the Polytechnic School of USP - University of São Paulo - and an MBA from INSPER and has served as a professor in different postgraduate programs in topics related to energy and sustainability.

Speaker
Emerson Viana de Oliveira, Comerc Energia

Project Manager

Brazil

Emerson Viana Oliveira has a Master's degree in Systems and Process Engineering and Management, an MBA in Competitive Management and a degree in Civil Engineering. Solar Project Manager at Comerc Energia, responsible for the construction of the UFV Hélio Valgas Solar Complex, the 5th largest photovoltaic plant in Brazil and the 3rd largest in Minas Gerais. He has 29 years' experience in managing large-scale infrastructures in Brazil, Peru, Portugal and Africa. He teaches postgraduate courses at PUC and IETEC MG, specializing in Planning, Budget and Cost Engineering.

Speaker
Javier Viveros, REDIEX

Institutional Development Advisor

Paraguay

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Speaker
Eduardo Avila, ABSOLAR

Executive Director Revolusolar & Coordinator FT ABSOLAR

Brazil

Eduardo Avila is an economist from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, specializing in energy and finance, and has worked in the financial market. While a student at UFRJ, he was president of the students' league of Finance and Investments and co-founder of the Energy and Technology League. A volunteer since 2018, he is now the executive director of Revolusolar, an NGO created in 2015 with the aim of promoting the sustainable development of low-income communities through solar energy. Eduardo is a member of the Board Of Advisors of the BRICS CCI Young Leaders, and was one of the 5 finalists from Latin America and the Caribbean for the United Nations Environment Program (UN) 'Young Champions of the Earth 2020' global award. Other awards include: Global Energy Heroes 2022 (Stanford University), 1st Habitability Prize (MRV and Trip Magazine), Shell Youth Initiative 2020 (Energy, Smart Cities and Fighting COVID-19).

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