Genésio Betiol

Job Title: Executive Advisor to the President
Company: EMAE
Country: Brazil

With 39 years of experience in the Brazilian electricity sector, he is currently Executive Advisor to the President at Empresa Metropolitana de Águas e Energia S.A - EMAE, a company he has worked for since 2019.
He began his career in 1985 at Cia. Energética de São Paulo - CESP in the areas of electricity generation and transmission, specifically in maintenance engineering for hydroelectric plants and transmission substations.
For thirteen years he worked at the São Paulo State Energy Department, formulating and managing public policies in the areas of electricity distribution and energy efficiency.
He also worked in the regulation and supervision of electricity services as Energy Director at the São Paulo State Sanitation and Energy Regulatory Agency (ARSESP), during which time he also held the position of Director of Regulation and Supervision of Piped Gas Services.

August 28, 2024Billings Dam, From Water Source to Solar Power Generation

Sessions

Session

Photovoltaic Trends Hitting the Market (Floating PV & Solar + Storage)

Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 04:00 pm - 05:30 pm

Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor Cantareira 4-5

New technologies are introduced to the market annually, but which of them are ready for use and which still need further development? This panel will discuss some of these technologies.

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

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

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

Roney Nakano Vitorino, EPE

Energy Analyst

Brazil

Roney Nakano Vitorino has been serving on the Department of Generation and Transmission Studies since 2013, at the Energy Research Office in Brazil (EPE), which is focused on advising the Ministry of Mines and Energy on energy and electricity planning. He awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, Doctoral Dissertation Research Award, and developed his research program, related to renewable energy and power system modeling, at MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, collaboratively with MIT Energy Initiative. His Ph.D. was hosted in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Power Systems, at the University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil. He holds also a M.S. and a B.S. from the same institution.

Speaker

Nero Wang, SUNGROW FPV SCI. & TECH.CO., LTD.

Country Manager

China

Nero Wang currently working as the country manager of SUNGROW FPV SCI. & TECH.CO., LTD. Graduated from Anhui University with bachelor degree and has over 5 years of experience in the FPV industry. He has supervised and accomplished many international FPV projects especially in hydro power aspect, and will endeavour to realise the vision to be the navigator of FPV.