Time to Return to C&I? The Potential of Energy Storage for Commercial and Industrial Users

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Time: 09:00 am - 10:30 am
Hall: Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor
Room: Cantareira 2

Commercial and industrial customers have been a particularly challenging segment to address, largely due to the generous discounts these users receive on T&D charges. However, the recent cost reductions of BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems) are making this segment increasingly attractive, opening up new opportunities for project developers focused on energy storage. This session will present several target segments and promising new business models.

09:00 am - 09:20 amIntroduction to Energy Storage for Large-Scale Commercial and Industrial Clients

Guilherme Nizoli

Consulting Services Manager

Newcharge

09:20 am - 09:40 amExperiences With Energy Storage for Commercial and Industrial Consumers on the Free Market

Alexandre Gomes

Director

Matrix Eficiência Energética

09:40 am - 10:00 amLarge-Scale Energy Storage for Industial Clients - Lessons Learned and Best Practices

José Antonio Neto

Engineering Director

Micropower Energia

10:00 am - 10:20 amEnergy Storage and Virtual Power Plants - Opportunities and Challenges for Modernizing Brazil's Demand Response Program

Bruno Furtado

Electrical Engineer

SMA Brasil Tecnologia Solar Ltda.

10:20 am - 10:30 amQ&A

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Speakers

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

Alexandre Gomes, Matrix Eficiência Energética

Director

Brazil

Speaker

José Antonio Neto, Micropower Energia

Engineering Director

Brazil

José Neto is an electrical engineer with a degree from UTFPR, with an exchange in the master's program in Renewable Energies and Smart Grids at Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany. He began his career in the automation department of the Toyota Group. During his career, he developed guidelines for the interconnection of centralized wind and solar farms in Germany and played a key role in structuring the engineering team at Comerc GD, the leading developer of distributed generation in Brazil, with more than 200MWp in operation. He is currently engineering director at Micropower, where he is responsible for microgrid design, application engineering and development of the proprietary energy management system, EMS.

Speaker

Bruno Furtado, SMA Brasil Tecnologia Solar Ltda.

Electrical Engineer

Brazil

Application Engineer at SMA Brazil, specialized in solar photovoltaics, energy storage systems and project management. Bachelor and Master student in Electrical Engineering, focusing on photovoltaic systems. With 8 years of professional experience in solar energy projects and SMA solutions providing technical support and field services. In 2021, he joined the SMA team in Brazil as application engineer and project manager.

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