Best Practices: PV Quality, Safety, Training and Standards

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Time
09:00 am - 10:30 am
Hall
Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor
Room
Cantareira 4-5

To ensure excellent service, individuals and companies operating in the photovoltaic energy sector must adhere to the highest standards. Find out what these standards are in terms of quality, safety, training and regulations.

09:00 am - 09:15 amWelcome and Introduction

Prof. Dr. Leandro Michels

Associate Professor

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

09:15 am - 09:30 amReview of Photovoltaic Module Degradation

Sergio Roberto Silva dos Santos

Electrical Engineer

Embrastec

09:30 am - 09:45 amCertification of Photovoltaic Equipment in the National Sector: A Close Look

João Lucas de Souza Silva

Researcher

Unicamp

09:45 am - 10:00 amEffects of Mandatory Protection Against DC Series arc Faults, National Testing Infrastructure and Practical Testing Experiences on Commercial Inverters

Dr. Ricardo Jochann Franceschi Bortolini

Project Manager

INRI - Instituto de Redes Inteligentes UFSM

10:00 am - 10:15 amABNT, CCEE 253: Future Brazilian Standards in the Area of ​​Photovoltaic Systems

Isabella Sene

Technical Regulatory Specialist

Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar Fotovoltaica

10:15 am - 10:30 amQ&A

Speakers
Speaker
João Lucas de Souza Silva, Unicamp

Researcher

Brazil

Professor in the Solar Energy courses at Unicamp, having taught over 5,000 students. Holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Unicamp, and PhD candidate. Researcher at LESF-MV in various topics of Photovoltaic Solar Energy, aiming to contribute to the evolution of the national sector. Influencer on Instagram, known as ProfJL. Also a professor in the Storage Course at Canal Solar. Recognized as an influential figure in the academic field, highly read in the area, with over 50 scientific publications and 250 reviews in leading journals in the solar energy sector. Additionally, works as a consultant in Photovoltaic Projects, with vast experience in quality testing of photovoltaic solar energy equipment, particularly inverters.

Speaker
Dr. Ricardo Jochann Franceschi Bortolini, INRI - Instituto de Redes Inteligentes UFSM

Project Manager

Brazil

Dr. Ricardo Bortolini is RDI Project Manager at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) unit of the Brazilian Company of Research and Industrial Innovation (EMBRAPII). He is also a Technical Advisor of the PV testing and certification laboratory (INRIFV) at UFSM. He is one of the founders of the PV laboratory where he worked as Technical Manager for 6 years, being responsible for interaction with standardization bodies like ABNT, IEC and Inmetro helping to develop the Brazilian standardization and certification infrastructure. Actually, he is responsible for the proposal and management of RDI projects related with renewable energies, especially PV projects and a technical advisor at the laboratory and for companies, helping them with PV related standards and to improve their own testing and certification infrastructures.

Speaker
Isabella Sene, Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar Fotovoltaica

Technical Regulatory Specialist

Brazil

Isabella Sene is an energy engineer from the University of Brasilia and holds a master's degree in energy planning sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She is currently a technical and regulatory specialist at the Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association.

Speaker
Sergio Roberto Silva dos Santos, Embrastec

Electrical Engineer

Brazil

Electrical engineer graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with a specialization in economics and business (MBA) from the Federal University of São Carlos and a master's degree in energy from the Institute of Energy and Environment at the University of São Paulo. He is a specialist in surge protection at Embrastec and an electrical engineer at Lambda Consultoria Ltda. He has been working in the field of surge protection for over 20 years, specifying Surge Protection Devices (SPDs), drawing up technical standards and writing articles and books on the subject.

Speaker
Prof. Dr. Leandro Michels, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Associate Professor

Brazil

Leandro Michels is associate professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), where he researches in the fields of PV systems and power electronics. Throughout his career, he actively contributed to consolidating the dissemination of photovoltaic energy in Brazil, providing a technical foundation related to inverter technology and grid connection of DG for several regulatory agents, sector associations and companies. He also collaborates with standardization, acting as coordinator of the Brazilian commission of the IEC PV Systems Technical Committee, and as rapporteur for the ABNT CEE 253 commission that develops Brazilian standards for connecting PV systems to the grid. He is coordinator of the Embrapii Unit in Mobility Energy, and of the PV systems testing laboratory at INRI / UFSM, accredited by INMETRO for testing PV inverters.

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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
Márcio Takata, Greener

CEO & Board Member / Conselheiro of ABSOLAR

Brazil

CEO of GREENER, a Research and Investment Strategies company focused on Energy Transition. Since 2007, has been involved in structuring more competitive and sustainable businesses with a focus on the Storage, Distributed and Centralized Solar Energy chain. Member of the Board of Directors of ABSOLAR, Marcio is engineer from the Polytechnic School of USP - University of São Paulo - and an MBA from INSPER and has served as a professor in different postgraduate programs in topics related to energy and sustainability.

Speaker
Emerson Viana de Oliveira, Comerc Energia

Project Manager

Brazil

Emerson Viana Oliveira has a Master's degree in Systems and Process Engineering and Management, an MBA in Competitive Management and a degree in Civil Engineering. Solar Project Manager at Comerc Energia, responsible for the construction of the UFV Hélio Valgas Solar Complex, the 5th largest photovoltaic plant in Brazil and the 3rd largest in Minas Gerais. He has 29 years' experience in managing large-scale infrastructures in Brazil, Peru, Portugal and Africa. He teaches postgraduate courses at PUC and IETEC MG, specializing in Planning, Budget and Cost Engineering.

Speaker
Marilia Braga, Fotovoltaica-UFSC

Researcher

Brazil

Marília Braga has been a researcher at the Fotovoltaica-UFSC research group for 10 years, where she works with Prof. Dr. Ricardo Rüther with data analysis and design of photovoltaic and energy storage systems for grid-connected and off-grid applications. Marília has experience in all stages of the development of photovoltaic systems, from sizing, simulation and design, to performance analysis, having participated in commissioning and fault detection activities of more than 300 MWp of utility-scale PV plants. Additionally, in the Fotovoltaica-UFSC group, Marília helps coordinate the team and participates in research projects in the areas of battery energy storage, electric vehicles, and the production of green hydrogen. Marília is also the former treasurer and current vice-president of ABENS, the Brazilian Solar Energy Society

Speaker
Lucas do Espírito Santo Fernandes, SENAI CIMATEC

Renewable Energy Specialist

Brazil

Lucas Fernandes is a specialist at SENAI CMATEC in the energy generation, transmission and distribution sector. He works with prospecting and developing RD&I projects in the electricity sector. He has knowledge in the areas of Renewable Energies, the Free Energy Market, Modernization of the electricity sector and electricity networks of the future. He has worked in the Subtransmission area at Neoenergia Coelba on substation projects.

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