Supply Chain - Challenges & Opportunities

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Hall: Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor
Room: Cantareira 4-5

In this panel will be discussed what are the biggest challenges for the success of solar projects.

11:00 am - 11:05 amWelcome and Introduction

Nelson Falcão

Vice President of Value Chain

ABSOLAR - Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar Fotovoltaica

11:05 am - 11:20 amLarge-Scale Solar Photovoltaics: Opportunities and Challenges from the Manufacturer's Point of View

Victor Soares

LATAM Technical Manager

JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd

11:20 am - 11:35 amStriking the Balance: Innovations and Challenges in Scaling Solar Energy

Alejo Lopez

Vicepresident, Latin America Sales

Nextracker

11:35 am - 11:50 amChallenges for the Solar PV Chain in Brazil

Claudio Loureiro

CEO

Suly Advisory

11:50 am - 12:05 pmHow to Ensure the Success of Solar Projects

Afonso Carlos Aguilar Brum

Director & Partner

ACBS Aguilar Engenharia, AOi Energy & Grupo Tora

12:05 pm - 12:30 pmQ&A

To Program Overview

Speakers

Speaker

Alejo Lopez, Nextracker

Vicepresident, Latin America Sales

United States of America

As vice president of sales for Latin America, Alejo Lopez leads Nextracker's business development and sales team for Latin America. He is responsible for over 15 gigawatts of Nextracker's Latin American project portfolio since his tenure at the company. Alejo is both a business and technical subject matter expert in Latin American energy markets where he has worked extensively for more than two decades. Prior to joining Nextracker in 2016, Alejo was country manager for Hanwha Q CELLS in Mexico, with primary responsibilities of project development, M&A and PPA sales. A native of Argentina, Alejo began his career running large numerical models and fracking wells as a reservoir engineer in Patagonia. He left the oil and gas industry after 6 years to pursue his MBA in finance at the University of San Francisco. Alejo also holds an MSe in petroleum engineering from UNC Argentina.

Speaker

Claudio Loureiro, Suly Advisory

CEO

Brazil

Speaker

Nelson Falcão, ABSOLAR - Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar Fotovoltaica

Vice President of Value Chain

Brazil

Nelson S. Falcão Is responsible for the sales of Nextracker's advanced solar trackers in Brazil since 2105, and was Sr. Director, Business Development for the Energy segment at Flex from 2013 to 2023, where he has been supporting the development of the solar industry. Nelson is Vice-President, Supply Chain, and member of the board of ABSOLAR (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association). He received his BSEE degree from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, Brazil in 1980, and got a specialization in Reactive Power Compensation in Sweden in 1983. He worked in various projects for the Brazilian transmission and distribution system at ABB, Cegelec Alstom and Cooper Power Systems, being appointed in 2007 General Manager of the Substation Automation business based in Quebec, Canada.

Speaker

Afonso Carlos Aguilar Brum, ACBS Aguilar Engenharia, AOi Energy & Grupo Tora

Director & Partner

Brazil

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of RS, with specialization in airport and commercial automation from the University of Regensburg, Germany. He worked 15 years at Siemens S.A. working in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Portugal and Germany in the area of airport automation and 16 years CEO of Alubar Energia S.A. being responsible for projects, construction and assembly of transmission lines and substations with voltage up to 500 kV, wind and solar farms. He was founder, Vice President and Counselor for 12 years of ABEEOLICA, actively participating with the MME, EPE and ANEEL to define the rules of the renewable energy auctions in force until today. As a Director and Counselor of transmission and power generation companies, he participated in the development of projects, auctions, creation of SPE's, preparation of business plans, obtaining financing and operation of projects. He is currently Director of Sindienergia-RS, member of the Board of Directors of ABSOLAR and partner of ACBS Aguilar Engenharia, which operates in the area of consulting in electrical engineering, airport automation and renewable energies. He is also currently a partner and Commercial Director of Integra Energia, a company that operates in the development of wind and solar projects.

Speaker

Victor Soares, JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd

LATAM Technical Manager

Brazil

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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

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.

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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

Graziella Albuquerque, Revolusolar

Coordinator of Institutional and Government Relations

Brazil

Graziella Albuquerque has a degree in Environmental Management with an extension in Community-Based Environmental Education and Political Ecology in Latin America from UNIRIO. She has been trained in International Negotiations by Oxford University and the Global Youth Coalition. She is a member of YOUNGO UNFCCC and has already served as Brazil's official UN delegate at the Youth Climate Conference (COY17) and as a Youth Press Agency writer at COP27, both events held in Egypt. She currently holds the position of Institutional and Government Relations Coordinator at Revolusolar, where she contributes to advancing solar energy initiatives in low-income communities.