The Professional Counselor: Solar Energy in Brazil, already in 2012

November 23, 2011

Solar Energy in Brazil, already in 2012

EPE (Energy Research Company, linked to the Brazilian government) is making a proposal for how would the introduction of solar energy in the country. The expectation is that this proposal will be ready by the end of 2011, to be forwarded to the Ministry of Mines and Energy.

Everything indicates that the model that will be approved in Brazil, will be to decentralized generation, or distributed generation which is the gateway to the source in the energy matrix.

This generation model is the most competitive, with the value of the electricity tariff paid by the consumer. Since, at this juncture, centralized generation is not feasible for solar energy, compared with other sources.

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Marcus Parpinelli

Engineer, Manager and Consultant Marcus Vinicius Parpinelli

Professional with multidisciplinary experience, specialized in the management of companies, projects and engineering services, and business and highly complex contracts in various areas. This experience was formed over more than thirty years of works carried out responsibly and successfully in Brazil and also in other countries.

From March 1994 to May 2012, as chief executive of the REDS, was responsible for directing and carrying out major projects and consultancies, and total management (technical, operational and financial) of major contracts for engineering services, mainly in the sectors of energy (electrical, nuclear, oil and gas), infrastructure (special projects, basic sanitation and PAC) and environmental and sustainability (TAC). Even in the period December 2005 to July 2011, participated in the restructuring of the engineering company "ECONTEP", accumulating the position of Chief Operating in the same, and commanding a workforce of over 1000 direct employees, to provide services to large customers in the Brazilian market, among which are: "PETROBRAS", "ELETROBRAS", "ELETRONUCLEAR“ and "BAHIAGÁS".

Before March 1994, participated directly in managing the development and expansion of the British consulting company "MACKENZIE HILL" in South America (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Santiago), the restructuring of the consulting firm "MARKA PARTICIPAÇÕES“ (subsidiary of Banco Marka), and major engineering projects and developments (residential, commercial and industrial) that after enabled (technical, economic and financial) were implanted in Brazil and other countries.