Renato Ribeiro

Job Title: Expansion Planning and Studies Coordinator
Company: ISA CTEEP
Country: Brazil

An Electrical Engineer with an emphasis on Power Systems, he graduated from the Federal University of Itajubá and specialized in Electric Power Systems at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. He has worked for 17 years at Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista - ISA CTEEP, currently in charge of the Expansion Planning and Studies area, He has experience in planning studies, sector regulation, project structuring and feasibility, R&D coordination and has led initiatives to implement new technologies in the transmission system under the company's concession, including the first large-scale battery project installed in the Brazilian transmission system at SE Registro in the state of São Paulo. He is also currently vice-coordinator of ABSOLAR's Storage WG and coordinator of ABRATE's Expansion Committee.

August 28, 2024Session Opening - BESS as a Strategic Asset for the Optimization of Transmission and Distribution Systems

Sessions

Session

Focus on Transmission and Distribution - the Potential of Energy Storage to Decongest Brazil's Power Grids

Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 02:00 pm - 03:30 pm

Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor Cantareira 2

Inadequate development of transmission and distribution networks is often seen as a critical bottleneck for non-dispatchable renewables. This session will provide insights into the usage of energy storage to adapt T&D networks for a future with high participation of these sources.

Further Content

Thomas Hillig, Founder from THEnergy

Global Race for Green Hydrogen – Just Hype or the Key to a Sustainable Energy Future?

The smarter E Podcast Episode 188 | Language: English

August 22, 2024

We speak with Thomas Hillig about global developments in green hydrogen

Press Release

Reflecting the advances made by renewable energy in Brazil, The smarter E South America 2024 has surpassed the 650 exhibitors mark, growing by more than 20% over last year’s edition

September 2, 2024

This year’s edition of The smarter E South America, LATAM’s Largest Platform for the New Energy and Mobility World, wound up on last Thursday 29th after featuring 650+ exhibitors and welcoming around 55,000 visitors from 50 countries and more than 2,500 attendees to its four parallel conferences delivered by more than 172 global decision-makers spanning the whole renewable energy supply chain.

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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

Ana Carla Petti, Comerc Energia

Director of Regulatory Affairs

Brazil

Ana Carla Petti has more than 20 years of experience in Regulatory, Strategic Operations Management, Risk Management and Middle-Office, working in executive positions in the energy sector at companies such as Braskem and Odebrecht Energia. She has been an executive at the Comerc Energia Group for more than seven years and currently serves as the group's director of regulatory and institutional affairs. She is a chemical engineer and lawyer, with a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, with a postgraduate degree in Financial Products and Risk Management and an MBA in Executive Management.