Safety, Reliability, and Longevity: The Future of Storage-System Operation

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Time: 4:00pm–5:30pm
Hall: 2nd floor
Room: Cantareira 2

The safe and reliable operation of energy storage systems is essential for the sustainable expansion of the market. This session will discuss engineering best practices, technical standards, project safety, risk management, operational performance, and battery system lifespan. The panel will address the requirements for ensuring reliability, quality, failure prevention, and the safe integration of BESS across different applications, offering a technical perspective on the standards that should guide the future of storage-system operation in Brazil.

4:00pm–4:05pmWelcome and Introduction

Dr. Aline Kirsten Vidal de Oliveira

Researcher

UFSC - Fotovoltaica

4:05pm–4:25pmAfter Grid-Following PV: Technical and Regulatory Challenges of Grid-Forming BESS

Dr. Ricardo Jochann Franceschi Bortolini

RDI Project Manager

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

4:25pm–4:45pmLessons Learned from Incidents Involving Battery Energy Storage Systems: Real-World Case Studies

Vitor Torquato Arioli

Engineer

CPQD Foundation

4:45pm–5:25pmFurther Presentations to be Announced

5:25pm–5:30pmQ&A

To Program Overview

Speakers

Speaker

Dr. Aline Kirsten Vidal de Oliveira, UFSC - Fotovoltaica

Researcher

Brazil

Aline is an electrical engineer graduated from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), with experience in research and teaching in Brazil and Germany. Since 2017, she has been a researcher at the UFSC Solar Energy Research Laboratory (Fotovoltaica/UFSC), where she completed her Ph.D. focused on photovoltaic plant inspection. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher working on R&D projects in the fields of photovoltaics, energy storage, green hydrogen, and electric vehicles. Aline is also a co-founder of the Brazilian Network of Women in Solar Energy (Rede MESol) and served as President of the Brazilian Association of Solar Energy (ABENS) from 2023 to 2025.

Speaker

Vitor Torquato Arioli, CPQD Foundation

Engineer

Brazil

Electrical engineer with a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Unicamp, he has been a researcher in CPQD's since 2008. With a solid background in power and energy systems, he coordinates and leads technical projects focused on energy storage (BESS, lithium-ion, lead-acid, and second-life battery solutions), electric mobility, and charging infrastructure. He has experience in R&D projects that involves the development of hardware, firmware, and degradation prediction algorithms, as well as in designing solutions for Smart Grids, Distributed Energy Resources (DER), microgrids, and energy efficiency. He is also a specialist in critical infrastructure, certification testing, and analyzing the impacts of emerging technologies on power quality within distribution grids.

Speaker

Dr. Ricardo Jochann Franceschi Bortolini, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

RDI Project Manager

Brazil

Dr. Ricardo Bortolini is RDI Project Manager at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) unit of the Brazilian Company of Research and Industrial Innovation (EMBRAPII) and Technical Advisor at the Distributed Energy Resources Laboratory (DERLab). As one of DERLab's founders, he served as Technical Manager for six years, leading the development of testing and certification capabilities and contributing to Brazil's standardization infrastructure through collaboration with ABNT, IEC, and Inmetro. His current work focuses on research, development, and innovation projects in renewable energy, with emphasis on photovoltaic (PV) and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). He is leading the expansion of DERLab's laboratory infrastructure for testing BESS, Power Conversion Systems (PCS), batteries and the modeling and validation of inverter-based power plants to meet the technical requirements of the Brazilian National System Operator (ONS). His expertise includes testing, certification, grid integration, and standards for distributed energy resources and energy storage technologies.