Solar and BESS: Integrated Solutions for a Resilient Energy System

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.

An electrical engineer with a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Maria Clara Guimarães is a researcher at the Edson Mororó Moura Institute of Technology (ITEMM). Her work involves R&D projects on energy storage systems, covering system sizing, technical and economic analyses, and commissioning, with a focus on the performance, feasibility, and sustainability of the systems.

Éverton Sebastiany de Araújo, an attorney specializing in the renewable energy sector. He holds postgraduate degrees in Civil Law and Business Law and is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in Tax Law.Speaker at Intersolar South America 2024.Founding partner of Ergo Energia Inteligente and Power Bess.Since 2019, he has advised companies in the solar energy and distributed generation markets; he has professional experience in regulatory analysis, corporate structuring, and assessing tax impacts on distributed generation projects, hybrid projects, and energy storage systems.

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Tiago de Barros Correia is an economist specializing in public policy and public governance, with more than 14 years' experience in the Brazilian Federal Government. He headed ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency) from 2014 to 2018.