Opportunities for Solar Players in the Renewable Hydrogen Economy

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Time
04:00 pm - 05:30 pm
Hall
Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor
Room
Cantareira 3

In this panel, will be explored the vast opportunities that lie ahead for solar photovoltaic (PV) players in the emerging renewable hydrogen economy. With the participation of renowned industry experts, we discuss everything from the fundamentals and importance of renewable hydrogen to the technological advances, business models and strategic partnerships that can drive this integration.

04:00 pm - 04:10 pmWelcome & Introduction

Christian Cecchini

Technical Regulatory Specialist

ABSOLAR - Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar Fotovoltaica

04:10 pm - 04:25 pmHydrogen and Projects in Brazil, a Connection with the Energy Sector

Icoana Laís

Founder

H2Todos

04:25 pm - 04:40 pmOpportunities in the State of Bahia for Solar and Hydrogen Generation

Roberto Fortuna Carneiro

Special Advisor

Secretaria do Meio Ambiente do Estado da Bahia

04:40 pm - 04:55 pmOperation of the Commercialization and Certification of Renewable Hydrogen Energy

Rodolfo Aiex

Executive Manager

CCEE - Electric Energy Trading Chamber

04:55 pm - 05:10 pmOpportunities for Solar Companies in the Renewable Hydrogen Economy (Showing the use of Electrolysers with Solar Energy)

Felipe Corrêa

Product and Solutions Manager

Longi

05:10 pm - 05:30 pmQ&A

Speakers
Speaker
Roberto Fortuna Carneiro, Secretaria do Meio Ambiente do Estado da Bahia

Special Advisor

Brazil

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Speaker
Icoana Laís, H2Todos

Founder

Brazil

Master in Energy and Sustainability and Energy Engineer Icoana Laís Martins is the founder of the startup H2Todos, which aims to democratize hydrogen knowledge and its value chain. She has worked as an energy market consultant at Magnus Commodities and as an energy efficiency consultant at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit. She was a member of the UNECE Resource Management Young Members group, where she collaborated on the creation of the International Guidebook on Critical Minerals for Sustainable Energy Transition. She is also a member of the BRICS Youth Energy Agency's expert group on green jobs and skills for the energy transition. She is also a mentor in the Women in Green Hydrogen Mentoring Program 2023-2024.

Speaker
Felipe Corrêa, Longi

Product and Solutions Manager

Brazil

Felipe Corrêa is an Energy Engineer with a postgraduate degree in Commercial Management from FGV and extensive experience in solar energy. He has worked in engineering companies, distributors, and in project management. Currently, he serves as the Product and Solutions Manager at Longi, where his mission is to support centralized generation project developers in finding optimal solutions.

Speaker
Christian Cecchini, ABSOLAR - Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar Fotovoltaica

Technical Regulatory Specialist

Brazil

Christian de Souza Barauskas Cecchini Engenheiro Elétrico com ênfase em Eletrotécnica pelo Mackenzie, MBA em Energia pela Universidade de São Paulo, MBA em Finanças pelo IBMEC e Cursando Especialização na primeira turma de Hidrogênio Verde da Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA. Especialista com 17 anos de atuação na Comercialização de Energia e atual Especialista Técnico Regulatório na ABSOLAR.

Speaker
Rodolfo Aiex, CCEE - Electric Energy Trading Chamber

Executive Manager

Brazil

He holds an Executive MBA in Business Administration from Business School São Paulo and a degree in Economics from Universidade Federal Fluminense. With over 20 years' experience in the energy market, he joined CCEE in 2002, having worked in various areas of the organization, related to processes, projects and corporate strategy. He currently holds the position of Executive Relationship and Information Manager, the area responsible for Client Management, providing information to the Market and developing Energy Certification. He leads the actions in which CCEE is involved in hydrogen certification, both nationally and internationally.

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
Priscila Alves dos Santos, FIT Instituto de Tecnologia

Researcher & Electrical Engineer

Brazil

Priscila Santos is a researcher in the energy field at Instituto Fit. She is responsible for energy startups and applied AI and IoT training. She has in-depth knowledge of the hybrid generation industry for rural and industrial areas. Mentor of startups in the energy, automotive, agricultural and fintech segments.

Speaker
Bárbara Rubim, Bright Strategies

Vice-President of Distributed Generation

Brazil

Bárbara Rubim currently heads Bright Strategies, a consulting firm advising renewable energy businesses on their legal and regulatory structure. In that capacity, she has helped develop more than 230 MW in energy projects in the last three years alone, and more than 2,200 people have completed her in-company training or her Masterclass on Regulation and Business Models in Distributed Generation. In her career in the energy sector, she has acted in public administration as a consultant to the Brazilian Congress, and has worked in the third sector as a coordinator of Greenpeace's Renewable Energy campaign in Brazil, and in the private sector. In addition, she also serves as the current Vice-President of the Managing Board of ABSOLAR (Brazilian Solar Photovoltaic Energy Association) and is the Director of Energy at FIESP's Infrastructure Department. Bárbara is a lawyer with an MBA in Finance and Business Strategies from the Federal University of Uberlândia. She specializes in the regulation of the electricity sector.

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.

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.

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