Markus Vlasits

Job Title: Managing Director
Company: Newcharge
Country: 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.

April 10, 2024Opening

April 10, 2024Prospects for the Electrical System with a High Share of Renewable Sources

August 28, 2024General Overview

August 28, 2024Welcome and Introduction

Sessions

Session

The Relevance of Energy Storage for Decarbonizing Electricity Generation in the Amazon Region

Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 04:00 pm - 05:30 pm

Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor Cantareira 2

The Brazilian Amazon region accounts for less than 1% of the national electricity load, but for nearly 10% of the sector's greenhouse gases emissions. This panel will highlight the growing competitiveness of renewable microgrids with energy storage and discuss public policies to promote the adoption of low-carbon solutions in northern Brazil.

Session

ees South America Conference Opening

Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 09:00 am - 10:30 am

Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor Cantareira 2

Opening session of the ees conference highlighting strategic priorities and key areas for discussion.

Further Content

Webinar

Renewable Energy Jobs in Brazil - Career Opportunities and Challenges

October 24, 2024

New energy sources require not only new equipment and innovative technologies. They also require people to operate them. To properly utilize the new energy sources, the largest expected job gains are in electrical efficiency, power generation, and the automotive sector.

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

Tiago de Barros Correia, RegE Consultoria

CEO

Brazil

Tiago de Barros Correia is CEO of RegE Consultoria. He is an economist, and specialist in public policy and government management with more than 14 years of experience in the Brazilian Federal Government, and MS.c. in energy systems planning. He was Director of the National Electric Energy Agency - ANEEL - from 2014 to 2018.

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