Supply Chain - Challenges & Opportunities

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Hall: Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor
Room: Cantareira 4-5

In this panel will be discussed what are the biggest challenges for the success of solar projects.

11:00 am - 11:05 amWelcome and Introduction

Nelson Falcão

Vice President of Value Chain

ABSOLAR - Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar Fotovoltaica

11:05 am - 11:20 amLarge-Scale Solar Photovoltaics: Opportunities and Challenges from the Manufacturer's Point of View

Victor Soares

LATAM Technical Manager

JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd

11:20 am - 11:35 amStriking the Balance: Innovations and Challenges in Scaling Solar Energy

Alejo Lopez

Vicepresident, Latin America Sales

Nextracker

11:35 am - 11:50 amChallenges for the Solar PV Chain in Brazil

Claudio Loureiro

CEO

Suly Advisory

11:50 am - 12:05 pmHow to Ensure the Success of Solar Projects

Afonso Carlos Aguilar Brum

Director & Partner

ACBS Aguilar Engenharia, AOi Energy & Grupo Tora

12:05 pm - 12:30 pmQ&A

To Program Overview

Speakers

Speaker

Alejo Lopez, Nextracker

Vicepresident, Latin America Sales

United States of America

As vice president of sales for Latin America, Alejo Lopez leads Nextracker's business development and sales team for Latin America. He is responsible for over 15 gigawatts of Nextracker's Latin American project portfolio since his tenure at the company. Alejo is both a business and technical subject matter expert in Latin American energy markets where he has worked extensively for more than two decades. Prior to joining Nextracker in 2016, Alejo was country manager for Hanwha Q CELLS in Mexico, with primary responsibilities of project development, M&A and PPA sales. A native of Argentina, Alejo began his career running large numerical models and fracking wells as a reservoir engineer in Patagonia. He left the oil and gas industry after 6 years to pursue his MBA in finance at the University of San Francisco. Alejo also holds an MSe in petroleum engineering from UNC Argentina.

Speaker

Claudio Loureiro, Suly Advisory

CEO

Brazil

Speaker

Nelson Falcão, ABSOLAR - Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar Fotovoltaica

Vice President of Value Chain

Brazil

Nelson S. Falcão Is responsible for the sales of Nextracker's advanced solar trackers in Brazil since 2105, and was Sr. Director, Business Development for the Energy segment at Flex from 2013 to 2023, where he has been supporting the development of the solar industry. Nelson is Vice-President, Supply Chain, and member of the board of ABSOLAR (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association). He received his BSEE degree from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, Brazil in 1980, and got a specialization in Reactive Power Compensation in Sweden in 1983. He worked in various projects for the Brazilian transmission and distribution system at ABB, Cegelec Alstom and Cooper Power Systems, being appointed in 2007 General Manager of the Substation Automation business based in Quebec, Canada.

Speaker

Afonso Carlos Aguilar Brum, ACBS Aguilar Engenharia, AOi Energy & Grupo Tora

Director & Partner

Brazil

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of RS, with specialization in airport and commercial automation from the University of Regensburg, Germany. He worked 15 years at Siemens S.A. working in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Portugal and Germany in the area of airport automation and 16 years CEO of Alubar Energia S.A. being responsible for projects, construction and assembly of transmission lines and substations with voltage up to 500 kV, wind and solar farms. He was founder, Vice President and Counselor for 12 years of ABEEOLICA, actively participating with the MME, EPE and ANEEL to define the rules of the renewable energy auctions in force until today. As a Director and Counselor of transmission and power generation companies, he participated in the development of projects, auctions, creation of SPE's, preparation of business plans, obtaining financing and operation of projects. He is currently Director of Sindienergia-RS, member of the Board of Directors of ABSOLAR and partner of ACBS Aguilar Engenharia, which operates in the area of consulting in electrical engineering, airport automation and renewable energies. He is also currently a partner and Commercial Director of Integra Energia, a company that operates in the development of wind and solar projects.

Speaker

Victor Soares, JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd

LATAM Technical Manager

Brazil

Further Content

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

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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.

Speaker

Camila Ramos, CELA - Clean Energy Latin America

CEO

Brazil

CEO and Founder of CELA, with 21 years of experience in the renewable energy sector, including bioenergy, wind energy, solar PV and green hydrogen. Camila currently also serves as Investment and Green Hydrogen Vice-President of the Board of Directors of ABSOLAR (the Brazilian Solar PV Association), Non-Executive Director of the Board of Administration of Brazilian Rare Earths, member of the Advisory Board of the Federation of Industry of São Paulo (COINFRA - FIESP) and is a Finance Expert at the Clean Energy Finance Solutions Center (NREL - USA). Prior to founding CELA, she was Country Manager and Head of Latin America at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), where she advised clients with research and analysis of renewable energy sectors and markets, and trends in the region. She has also worked in the past at PricewaterhouseCoopers, ERB - Energias Renováveis do Brasil and Infinity Bio-Energy. Camila holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).