Felipe Guimarães

Job Title: Senior Consultant
Company: CELA - Clean Energy Latin America
Country: Brazil

Felipe Guimarães is Senior Consultant in Investment Analysis at CELA (Clean Energy Latin America), a financial advisory firm focused on energy transition and decarbonization. With 10 years of experience in renewable energy finance, he leads projects on financial modeling, valuation, and feasibility analysis for storage, solar, wind, distributed generation, green hydrogen, and e-fuels projects. Before joining CELA, he worked at EDP Brasil, Mori Energia Solar, ODATA, and Grupo Petrópolis. Felipe holds a degree in Energy Engineering from UFABC, a specialization in Green Hydrogen Project Development and Economics from RENAC, and is a CFA Level III candidate.

August 27, 2026Welcome and Introduction

Sessions

Session

Taxation, Financing, and Contracts: What it Takes to Get Energy Storage Projects Off the Ground

Thursday, August 27, 2026, 11:00am–12:30pm

2nd floor Cantareira 2

The viability of energy storage projects depends not only on technology but also on adequate tax, financial, and contractual arrangements. This session will discuss the key factors influencing the bankability of BESS in Brazil, including the impacts of tax reform, models such as BESS as a service, risk allocation, long-term contracts, access to capital, and incentive mechanisms. The panel will bring together perspectives from investment, finance, tax, and project development specialists to examine what is needed to turn opportunities into bankable projects.