Financing for Scale: Capital Strategies for Energy Storage and Supply Chain

Recording of Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | ees South America 2025 | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 93:12 .

Financing for Scale: Capital Strategies for Energy Storage and Supply Chain

Energy storage offers Brazil both an energy solution and an opportunity to strengthen the supply chain with innovation and high-tech manufacturing capabilities. This panel will discuss the financing tools and policy frameworks needed to unlock investment in structural projects for BESS in Brazil, including industrial hubs, domestic component manufacturing, green credit lines, storage-linked contracts, and public and private access to innovation grants.

Talks of this session:

Welcome and Introduction

Speaker

Vinicius Berná
Strategy & New Markets Director
CELA - Clean Energy Latin America
Brazil

Strategic Financing for Energy Storage Systems as an Element of the Energy Transition

Speaker

Guilherme Arantes
Manager
BNDES - Brazilian Development Bank
Brazil

How Business and Financing Models Have Evolved: Aggregators, Storage-as-a-Service, Hybrid Contracts, etc

Speaker

Francisco Maiello
Advisory Board
Brasol Soluções Energéticas Ltda.
Brazil

Government Perspective on Storage in the Economic Reform Agenda

Speaker

Dr. Leonardo Ferreira Oliveira
Program Director of the Economic Reform Secretariat
Ministry of Finance
Brazil

What Is Missing to Enable Large-Scale Projects? Financing, Legal Framework, and Regulatory Signal

Speaker

Mariana Galhardo
Senior Partner
G2A Consultores
Brazil

Q&A

Further Content

Webinar

Reiche's Energy Transition Reality Check: Current Challenges for Photovoltaic and Storage Companies

November 13, 2025

Webinar with BSW Solar on the current political situation for photovoltaic and storage companies

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Legal Framework, Tax Calendar, and Public Policies: Where are we and Where are we Going?

Thursday, August 28, 2025, 02:00 pm - 03:30 pm

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In order to grow, the energy storage market in Brazil requires legal certainty, a supportive tax framework, and alignment with national policy instruments. This panel will review the developing regulatory framework, ongoing tax hurdles, and the potential pathways to help make energy storage a strategic priority for Brazil's plans involving energy, industry, and the ecological transition.

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The Role of Storage in Transforming the Amazon Region

Thursday, August 28, 2025, 04:00 pm - 05:30 pm

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Closing the Amazon region's energy access gap requires solutions that address its unique logistical, environmental and social challenges. Energy storage combined with renewable power can reliably provide clean, steady electricity to remote areas, fostering energy inclusion, reducing emissions and supporting local economies. This panel will examine technical approaches, policy frameworks and financing models to help make storage a driving force for sustainable development across the Amazon region.

Publications

European Market Outlook for Battery Storage 2025–2029

Comprehensive analysis of Europe’s battery storage market – now available for download

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The Technology Pipeline of Storage Systems: What's Next?

Thursday, August 28, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

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Brazil's energy storage expansion involves technological developments far beyond battery cells; it must encompass materials R&D, electrochemical design, grid integration, safety standards, digitalization, and market applications. This panel will chart the complete BESS innovation roadmap, examining critical gaps and opportunities at each milestone, from advanced chemistries to smart controls and recycling systems.