Recording of Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | Intersolar South America Conference | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 83:38 .
The context addresses the global energy transition, with a focus on Latin America and Brazil, emphasizing the replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energies. The decentralization of energy systems is creating an interconnected network that requires innovation in the energy, heating and transport sectors. Events such as Intersolar discuss megatrends such as climate change and decarbonization. Brazil is highlighted for its potential in cheap and clean renewable resources, which are key for technology companies to meet environmental targets. There is an increase in the free market through self-production with bilateral contracts between end consumers and independent generators; in addition, emerging trends include green hydrogen and advanced digital technologies needed to face contemporary challenges driven by modern data centers using AI. Concerns arise about political interference in Brazilian regulatory agencies such as ANEEL following a recent ministerial decree. Tax reforms planned until 2025 create uncertainties in the energy sector's long contracts as they seek to modernize economic structures in line with competitive global standards. Finally, it highlights the growing role of green hydrogen in the decarbonization of carbon-intensive sectors projected to supply a significant part of the world's energy demand by 2050; also highlighting Brazil's comparative advantages over the US limitations in the renewable electricity matrix due to its high percentage (85%) predominantly clean, attractive for investment despite regulatory challenges on international data protection.
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The Brazilian energy sector is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the opening of the free energy market and the growing adoption of renewable energy technologies. Furthermore, new trends such as artificial intelligence, the decarbonization of various sectors of the economy and the electrification of various industrial and transport processes will further transform the global energy sector in the coming years. In this panel we will discuss the strategies that different stakeholders are developing to navigate these changes and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves.
Presentations included in this session:
Speaker
Camila Ramos
CEO
CELA - Clean Energy Latin America
Brazil
Speaker