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Energy-intensive sectors are increasingly seeking solutions to reduce costs, enhance reliability, and ensure greater predictability in electricity supply. This session will discuss how battery energy storage systems can be used by large consumers, data centres, telecommunications companies, and self-generation projects. The panel will address sizing criteria, actual use cases, economic and operational benefits, and the challenges of integrating BESS into the energy strategies of businesses that depend on continuous, secure, and competitive power supplies.

The viability of energy storage projects depends not only on technology but also on adequate tax, financial, and contractual arrangements. This session will discuss the key factors influencing the bankability of BESS in Brazil, including the impacts of tax reform, models such as BESS as a service, risk allocation, long-term contracts, access to capital, and incentive mechanisms. The panel will bring together perspectives from investment, finance, tax, and project development specialists to examine what is needed to turn opportunities into bankable projects.

The expansion of energy storage creates significant opportunities for industrial development, innovation, and Brazil's integration into global value chains. This session will discuss the country's role in the energy storage supply chain, including strategic minerals, components, assembly, manufacturing, industrial policies, and incentive mechanisms. The panel will address how Brazil can combine competitiveness, supply security, technological development, and investment attractiveness to build an industrial base connected to the growth of the BESS market.

The safe and reliable operation of energy storage systems is essential for the sustainable expansion of the market. This session will discuss engineering best practices, technical standards, project safety, risk management, operational performance, and battery system lifespan. The panel will address the requirements for ensuring reliability, quality, failure prevention, and the safe integration of BESS across different applications, offering a technical perspective on the standards that should guide the future of storage-system operation in Brazil.

The transition to more dynamic electricity markets requires economic signals that better reflect the value of flexibility across time and locations. This session will discuss how hourly tariffs, locational signals, and new pricing models can create new opportunities for battery energy storage systems. The panel will explore how BESS can support consumers, grids, and markets by responding to more granular price signals, reducing costs during critical periods, and contributing to more efficient power-system operations.