Technical Workshop - Off-grid Projects: First Steps in the World of Hybridization

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Time
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Hall
Expo Center Norte, 1st floor
Room
Jaçanã 2

Expand your business opportunities in the hybridization market for off-grid systems. Learn how to size the best solution and develop comparative feasibility studies for this market. This masterclass, aimed at engineers, integrators, and other energy professionals, details the optimized integration of solar and batteries in energy systems for remote areas.


Why Attend?


This masterclass is a unique opportunity to gain advanced and practical knowledge in a growing demand area. Additionally, networking with other professionals and industry experts could open doors for future collaborations and projects.


Instructors:


Otavio Trentin - Software Development Manager at NewCharge. Control and Automation Engineer and specialist in energy storage system optimization.


Kevin Hattori - Project Manager at NewCharge. Electrical Engineer specializing in projects with electrical energy storage.


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10:30 am - 12:00 pmOff-grid Projects: First Steps in the World of Hybridization

Further Content
Speaker
Markus Vlasits, Newcharge

Managing Director

Brazil

Markus Vlasits started as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in Germany and has been active in the solar PV industry for 17 years in several executive positions. In 2007-2009, he was Production Manager of crystallization and wafering at Q.Cells SE, Thalheim, Germany, where he reached a vice-presidential role in Sales Operations. Moving to Brazil in 2013, he started as CEO of Yingli Green Energy do Brasil. He teamed up with fellow executives to open Faro Energy, an investment company focusing on PV generation projects for commercial concerns, and was its Sales Director until 2018. In 2019, he was an independent consultant and helped start ABSOLAR's Energy Storage Workgroup. In 2020, founded NewCharge, an engineering company focused on energy storage projects for commercial clients in Brazil. He is also active as acts as a technical consultant and advisor for projects related to energy storage. In August 2023, he was elected president of board of directors of the Brazilian Association for Energy Storage Solutions (ABSAE). Markus also organizes energy storage events and conferences, and recently co-organized an energy storage conference panel for Intersolar South America 2021 in partnership with Solar Promotion.

Speaker
Thaís Pacheco Teixeira, EPE - Energy Research Company

Technical Consultant

Brazil

Thais Teixeira works as a Technical Consultant at EPE (Energy Research Office), where she coordinates regional interconnection planning studies, in the Transmission Department. Her fields of research and work include HVDC transmission systems, renewable energy integration and energy storage. Teixeira holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in electrical engineering, both from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and a postgraduate degree in project management from the Pontificial Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-MG). Her most recent professional experience was coordinating the planning study that recommended a new HVDC system for the Brazilian electricity grid, which was published in 2023 by EPE. Her main previous research was related to energy storage, during her masters, which resulted in the publication of a scientific paper in na international journal. Her previous work experience includes the ONS (National System Operator) and a Project Consulting Company, where she worked with computational modeling for dynamic security assesment of power systems.

Speaker
Guilherme Nizoli, Newcharge

Consulting Services Manager

Brazil

Guilherme Nizoli is Head of Consulting Services at NewCharge, responsible for developing energy storage projects for large companies, covering regulatory, financial, and engineering structuring. He is an Electrical Engineer with an MBA in Electricity Sector Business at FGV and has extensive experience in energy storage and renewable energies. He has previously contributed to the promotion of solar energy in the Brazilian energy matrix, participated in the development of public policies, regulations, normative acts, and legal measures - including contributing to the advancement of the Legal Framework for Distributed Generation.

Speaker
Ricardo Estefano Rosa, WEG S.A.

Global Head of BESS

Brazil

Ricardo Estefano Rosa is a Production Engineer with a specialization in Renewable Energies and an MBA in Strategic Business Management from FGV. He has almost 30 years' experience in business development and energy solutions. At WEG since 2013, he was Head of Engineering until 2015 and since then he has dedicated himself to developing new businesses, always focused on the energy transition. He currently acts as Coordinator of the Storage WG at ABSOLAR, is a member of the Board of the Brazilian Association of Energy Storage Solutions - ABSAE and leads WEG's Battery Energy Storage Systems business.

Speaker
Maria Stella Andreão, BNDES - Brazilian Development Bank

Engineer

Brazil

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