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The smarter E AWARD 2025: Applications Are Now Open

November 4, 2024

One award, five categories, 15 winners and an abundance of innovative and intelligent ideas, products, services and projects:

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.

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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
Vinicius Suppion, ABSOLAR

Technical Regulatory Analyst

Brazil

He is an electrical engineer with a degree from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), a master's and doctorate from the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) and a post-doctorate from the UFABC. He has carried out various research projects and publications focusing on the control and connection of distributed energy resources - DER, power quality and microgrids. He currently works as a Technical Regulatory Analyst at the Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association - ABSOLAR.

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Marcelo Rodrigues, UCB Power

Vice President of Sales and Innovation

Vice President of New Business and Innovation at UCB Power. Electrical Engineer from UFMG, with an MBA and board member training from FDC. He has extensive experience in innovative projects in technology and infrastructure for national and multinational organizations. He is currently leading UCB Power's positioning from a battery manufacturer to a leader in new energy storage solutions and is Co-Founder and Board Member of ABSE - Brazilian Association of Energy Storage Solutions.

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.

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Speaker
Cyrille Gonin, Instituto Senai de Inovação em Eletroquímica

Researcher

Brazil

A researcher at the SENAI Institute for Innovation in Electrochemistry, he is leading initiatives in lithium-ion batteries, sodium ions and supercapacitors, conducting RD&I projects aimed at producing high-performance national materials for these technologies. With a degree in Chemistry and a Master's in Materials Science from Aix-Marseille Université in France, as well as an MBA in Project Management from UNISENAI-PR, he has a decade of experience in industrial innovation. His current goal is to foster a Brazilian innovation ecosystem around lithium-ion batteries. Since 2018, he has played a key role in planning and implementing pilot lines for the production of battery cells, consolidating his expertise in the various battery chemistries on the market and their manufacturing processes.

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Ricardo Tili, ANEEL - Brazilian National Electric Energy Regulatory Agency

Director

Brazil

Director of the National Electric Energy Agency - ANEEL, Master's Degree in Law from the Brazilian Institute of Education, Development and Research - IDP and Bachelor of Laws from the Faculty of Legal Sciences Vianna Júnior in 1999. Director of the Brazilian Association of Regulatory Agencies - ABAR, he worked at Eletrobras Distribuição Rondônia/Energisa as a Lawyer in the Legal Department and later as Manager of the Electricity Market and Contracting Department. He held the position of Director of Regulation and Commercialization at Centrais Elétricas do Norte do Brasil S.A. - Eletronorte.

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Adalberto Moreira Campello Filho, Acumuladores Moura SA

Gerente Comercial

Formado em Administração de Empresas pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco e Pós graduado em Gestão da Produção pela mesma instituição. Trabalha no Grupo Moura há aproximadamente 15 anos e já liderou a área de desenvolvimento de novos negócios da empresa, gerenciou o Instituto de Tecnologia Edson Mororó Moura - ITEMM, único instituto de pesquisa, desenvolvimento e engenharia do Brasil focado em soluções de baterias, e atualmente e lidera os esforços da empresa no promissor negócio de Armazenamento de Energia.

Speaker
Thiago Pereira Soares, Eletrobras

Executive manager of implementation engineering amazon

Brazil

Academic background: - Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Uberlândia-UFU in 2002 - Master's Degree in Electrical Systems Dynamics from UFU in 2003 - Executive MBA in Project Management from FGV in 2006 - Specialist in Technological Innovation Management from Unicamp in 2008 - Executive MBA in Leadership and Management of State-Owned Enterprises from Franklin Covey Business School in 2013 - Specialist in Protection and Control of Electric Power Systems from the Military Institute-IME in 2023 - PhD candidate in Protection of Electric Power Systems Associated with FACTS at IME 2024 Professional Experience: - Joined Eletrobras Eletronorte in 2007 through a public tender and worked as an Electrical Systems Protection Engineer for 17 years. - He worked at the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) from 2009 to 2016 as General Coordinator for Monitoring the Performance of Electric Systems and Substitute Director of the Electric System Monitoring Department. - From 2016 to 2017 he was Director of Engineering and Operation at Eletrobras Distribuição Rondônia - He coordinated the Modernization of the Protection and Control System for the entire 500 kV sector of Eletrobras Eletronorte; - He worked from 2022 to 2023 as Government Program Superintendent, coordinating the completion and closure of the implementation of the Light for All Program in the State of Amapá; - He is currently Executive Manager of Implementation Engineering for the Amazon at Eletrobras.

Speaker
Maria Stella Andreão, BNDES - Brazilian Development Bank

Engineer

Brazil

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