Prospects for the Electrical System with a High Share of Renewable Sources

Tiago de Barros Correia is an economist and holds a master's degree in energy systems planning from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), as well as a specialist in public policy and government management from the National School of Public Administration (ENAP). For more than fourteen years, he has worked in several federal public administration agencies focusing on the areas of public policy making, regulation and contracting of infrastructure works, especially in the energy, telecommunications and transportation sectors. He was Advisor and Special Advisor at the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) from 2004 to 2012, Advisor to the Board of Directors of the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) from 2012 to 2013, Special Advisor to the Ministry of Finance (MF) in 2013, Secretary of Port Infrastructure of the Special Secretariat of Ports (SEP) of the Presidency of the Republic in 2014 and director of the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) between 2014 and 2018. Since April 2019 he has been CEO of Rege Barros Correia Consultoria.

Markus Vlasits started as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in Germany and has been active in the solar PV industry for 17 years in several executive positions. In 2007-2009, he was Production Manager of crystallization and wafering at Q.Cells SE, Thalheim, Germany, where he reached a vice-presidential role in Sales Operations. Moving to Brazil in 2013, he started as CEO of Yingli Green Energy do Brasil. He teamed up with fellow executives to open Faro Energy, an investment company focusing on PV generation projects for commercial concerns, and was its Sales Director until 2018. In 2019, he was an independent consultant and helped start ABSOLAR's Energy Storage Workgroup. In 2020, founded NewCharge, an engineering company focused on energy storage projects for commercial clients in Brazil. He is also active as acts as a technical consultant and advisor for projects related to energy storage. In August 2023, he was elected president of board of directors of the Brazilian Association for Energy Storage Solutions (ABSAE). Markus also organizes energy storage events and conferences, and recently co-organized an energy storage conference panel for Intersolar South America 2021 in partnership with Solar Promotion.

Jonas Becker é formado em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade de Fortaleza e, ao longo de 13 anos, vem se destacando nacionalmente por suas importantes contribuições ao setor de energia. Ele é o Presidente da Câmara Setorial de Energia do Ceará, Coordenador estadual e Conselheiro da Associação Brasileira de Energia Solar (ABSOLAR) e Diretor financeiro do Sindicato das Indústrias de Energia e de Serviços do Setor Elétrico do Estado do Ceará (SINDIENERGIA). Jonas Becker faz parte da diretoria do Grupo Colibri Capital e é o fundador da Eco Soluções em Energia, uma empresa que atua há 13 anos no mercado de energia solar. A ECO Soluções em Energia tem presença nacional e possui um acervo técnico com mais de 2.000 projetos de médio e grande porte, viabilizando a geração de energia solar para mais de 3.000 unidades consumidoras de energia. O Grupo Colibri Capital participa ativamente das áreas de energia, urbanismo e agronegócio e, nos últimos cinco anos, tem realizado investimentos crescentes no segmento das energias renováveis. O grupo Colibri possui 597 MWp em seu portfólio, com projetos de energia em todos os estados do Brasil