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Media Partnership: Energy Transition - Challenges and Opportunities in Brazil

28-03-2022

Media Partnership: Energy Transition - Challenges and Opportunities in Brazil

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This is the second event in the Brazil Talks webinar series: Sustainability, Innovation and Productivity. It is also an official side-event of the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2022.

Brazil’s energy mix is one of the cleanest in the world: renewables account for 45% of primary energy demand and for 84% on power generation. The idea, however, is not to stand behind those numbers. Brazil will join decarbonisation efforts and become one of the greatest renewable energy producers in the world. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the share of wind and solar in the Brazilian energy matrix will increase from 4.4% in 2015 to 44% in 2040.

Apart from those two resources, Brazil is also moving forward on hydrogen and other low carbon intensity technologies, in particular biomass and biofuels. In this webinar, the focus will be on demonstrating how Brazil is dealing with energy transition, and the strategy to use Brazilian wealth of natural resources to meet the purpose of neutral economy.

ORGANISED BY: The Embassy of Brazil in Berlin and ApexBrasil

MEDIA PARTNER: EURACTIV


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Location

Online

Panellists

Panel 1: Advancing clean hydrogen through policies, market and partnerships
Carlos Alexandre, Director, Department for Energy Development, Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME)
Agnes da Costa, Special Advisor for Regulatory Issues, Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME)
André Clark Juliano, Senior Vice President, Siemens Energy Latin America
Paulo Emílio de Miranda, President, Brazilian Hydrogen Association (ABH2)
Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Maike Schmidt, Head of Systems Analysis, Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)

Panel 2: Role of modern bioenergy and advanced biofuels in a net-zero future
Pietro Mendes, Deputy Secretary, Secretariat of Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels, Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME)
Eduardo Leão, Executive Director, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA)
Pablo Di Si, Executive Chairman, Volkswagen Latin America
Gerolf Bücheler, Managing Director, German Bioenergy Association (BBE)
Prof. Dr. Gonçalo Pereira, Biology Institute, University of Campinas, Brazil

Moderator

Thiago Barral, President, Brazilian Energy Research Office (EPE)

Schedule

14:30 – 14:50 - Opening and Keynote: Status of the energy transition in Brazil
14:50 – 15:50 - Panel 1: Advancing clean hydrogen through policies, market and partnerships
15:50 – 16:00 - Break
16:00 – 17:00 - Panel 2: Role of modern bioenergy and advanced biofuels in a net-zero future
17:10 – 17:15 - Closing Remarks

Contact

Tamara Novel
tamara.novel@euractiv.com