Recycling: Empowering Circular Economy in the Solar PV Industry

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Time: 04:00 pm - 05:30 pm
Hall: Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor
Room: Cantareira 4-5

The circular economy is essential for the solar energy industry, focusing on the reuse and recycling of materials to significantly reduce environmental impact. By integrating these principles, devices can be designed for longevity and resource efficiency, reclaiming valuable materials from decommissioned components and minimizing waste. For that purposeinnovative product design is of vital importance, also considering the carbon footprint of the manufacturing. This approach creates a closed-loop system where materials are continuously repurposed, reducing the need for new raw materials and decreasing the carbon footprint. Overall, it enhances the sustainability and economic viability of renewable energy, ensuring solar power remains an environmentally friendly option for the future.

04:00 pm - 04:15 pmWelcome and Introduction

Puzant Baliozian

Sector Group Leader / Consultant

VDMA - German Engineering Federation

04:15 pm - 04:30 pmPV Recycling in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities

Dr. Stephen Filippone

CTO

SunR Reciclagem Fotovoltaica

04:30 pm - 04:45 pmDesign for Circular Economy

Carlos Ohde

Director

Flextronics International Tecnologia Ltda.

04:45 pm - 05:00 pmState of Play - PV Recycling on a Global Scale

Jan Clyncke

Managing Director

PV CYCLE

05:00 pm - 05:30 pmQ&A

To Program Overview

Speakers

Speaker

Dr. Stephen Filippone, SunR Reciclagem Fotovoltaica

CTO

Brazil

Dr. Stephen Filippone is the CTO and partner at SunR Reciclagem Fotovoltaica, a solar panel recycling company based in São Paulo Brazil. He is responsible for technological improvements in recycling processes that lower costs and improve the separation and purity of materials. He has a deep expertise in solar module technology combined with knowledge in the practical aspects of the Brazilian logistic, regulatory and commercial landscape.

Speaker

Carlos Ohde, Flextronics International Tecnologia Ltda.

Director

Brazil

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from UFPR with specialization in business management. Responsible for Research, Development and Sustainability at Flex do Brasil. He has led Sinctronics since 2012 and was the organizer of the book Circular Economy, an economic model that boosts the economy, generates jobs and protects the environment. Today he is responsible for FIT - Research Institute that has 550 employees in the technology area, involving from product design, process automation, software development and training.

Speaker

Jan Clyncke, PV CYCLE

Managing Director

Brazil

Jan Clyncke joined PV CYCLE as Managing Director as of 1 April 2008. He graduated with a Bachelor of Law from the University of Ghent in 1991.He continued his studies at Ehsal and Vlerick Management School .In his early career he worked as a manager of Production & Logistics in the meat industry before moving into the waste management sector. He was employed by the Dutch AVR-Van Gansewinkel Group where he worked as project manager, legal environment and government affairs manager Benelux. In the last three years before joining PV CYCLE, he was in this Dutch company responsible for Health, Safety and Environment. He has experience in setting up of voluntary and mandatory take-back schemes in Belgium and the Netherlands in household and industrial packaging waste, tyre waste, vegetable oil & fat waste, waste oil (lubricants), waste on electrical and electronic equipment, empty paint tin waste, flat glass waste, photochemical waste, etc.

Speaker

Puzant Baliozian, VDMA - German Engineering Federation

Sector Group Leader / Consultant

Germany

Dr. Puzant Baliozian is the current sector leader of VDMA PV Equipment Group. In this position, Dr. Baliozian conducts techno-economic studies on PV manufacturing capacity across the value chain and advocates for the interests of European PV equipment manufacturers on a global scale. Additionally, the PV Sector Group at VDMA publishes the International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaics (ITRPV) annually, providing vital insights into technology projections and trends. Dr. Baliozian completed his undergraduate studies in physics and later worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, focusing on photovoltaic production technologies, where he earned his Ph.D in engineering. During his years in R&D, he gained recognition for developing passivated edge technology for advanced industrial solar cell concepts.

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.