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

To Program Overview

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.

Further Content

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

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

Sumara Ticom, ONS - National Electrical System Operator

Executive Advisor to the Board of Directors

Brazil

With 29 years of experience in the electricity sector, she joined the National Electricity System Operator when it was founded, where she built a solid career in technical and management positions. At the end of 2017, she took over the Executive Management of Electricity Planning at the ONS, where she is responsible for the entire planning chain for the operation of the National Interconnected System (SIN). In 2024, she took over as Executive Advisor to the ONS Planning Board, supporting the Director in the management of the country's Engineering, Electrical and Energy Planning areas. Born in Rio de Janeiro, she graduated in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Rio de Janeiro. She has specialization and post-graduate degrees in Power Systems from the Federal University of Itajubá, in Economic Engineering and Industrial Administration from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a MBA in Management Development from IAG Executive Education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

Speaker

Fernanda Delgado, ABIHV (Associação Brasileira da Indústria do Hidrogênio Verde)

CEO

Brazil

CEO of ABIHV, Brazilian Association of the Green Hydrogen Industry. Postgraduate Professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV and UFRJ. Professor of the Postgraduate Program at the Army Command and General Staff School. PhD in Energy Planning (COPPE/UFRJ), Master in Information Technology (CEFET/RJ) and in International Finance (FGV/EBAPE)

Speaker

Filipe Kaee, Quantum Participações

Regulatory coordinator

Brazil

Electrical engineer, specialist in expansion planning and regulation of the electricity sector, executive MBA in electricity sector business from FGV, currently studying for a master's degree in energy planning at Coppe/UFRJ. Regulatory coordinator at Quantum Participações, the holding company responsible for the Brookfield group's energy transmission concessions. Manager of the technical-economic analysis project for the insertion of battery storage systems into the basic grid.