Agenda

With regulation for energy storage going from strength to strength in Chile, the country is setting the precedent for the rest of the region. Hear from the Ministry of Energy on next steps for the regulatory framework to develop and support storage, starting with the ley de almacenamiento y electromovilidad, norma de potencia and the norma de operación y despacho.

This keynote panel will set the scene across the region, discussing the role of regional governments and how they are leading the charge for the transition in Latin America. Join this session to find out more on the challenges of a nascent market which holds the key to a flexible power system.

• What is the appetite for energy storage from regional governments?
• Short to long-term predictions and targets for energy storage
• The energy policies driving storage in Latin America
• Status of auctions for renewable projects across the region
• What can the Latin America learn from other regions, such as Europe and the US, where successful regulation has already been implemented?

The urgency of climate change means a shift in focus from hydropower to widespread renewable energy generation, and Latin America has an abundance of resources which it can take advantage of.

• What role can energy storage play to help support Latin American grids with the renewable boom?
• How does storage fit into the current landscape of renewable projects and how might this change in the future?
• How storage can incorporate much-needed flexibility into the Latin American market
• The benefits of a more flexible system and how energy storage can support IPPs, generators and the private sector

• Tools and resources to support sizing, operation, analytics and optimization
• Selecting equipment
• Operating an energy storage asset
• Augmentation – overview on methods and the associated benefits and considerations of each

As Latin America’s front runner, Chile has aggressive renewable energy goals, targeting 100% renewables in its electricity sector by 2050 and at least 60% by 2035. Energy storage will be key to reaching this objective and the Chilean market is setting the precedent for the rest of the region.

• How does market design need to evolve to further support the growth of energy storage in Chile
• Predictions for the outcome of the transmission-led auctions in 2024 and next steps for the Chilean storage industry
• What next for standalone energy storage projects?
• The landscape for long-duration energy storage projects in Chile

At a system-level, is storage best placed to play the most efficient role in balancing the system?

• What are the key flexible benefits that storage can bring to the table?
• With an increase in applications expected for grid-connected projects, what do you need to know about this model?

• Product engineering and supplier selection
• Commissioning and start-up
• Operation

As a very diverse region in terms of terrain, natural resources and weather, there are many opportunities for implementing different technologies in projects, and it has become clear that long-duration energy storage will be needed to reach impending renewable targets.

• What is the definition of long-duration energy storage and how can it safeguard the continent’s path to net-zero?
• What are the key challenges developers face when looking at using alternatives to lithium-ion in projects?
• What do investors want to see before committing capital to long-duration projects?
• What does the landscape look like currently for non-lithium projects and what learnings can these developers bring to the industry?

This session will allow delegates to get up close and personal with experts from different countries across the region, share ideas and meet new contacts at networking tables. We will focus on 6 different countries, and each table will have two hosts who are experts in that market to help shape the discussion and share any anecdotes or talking points from their experience. Delegates are free to go to whichever table they are interested in, and move around between multiple tables if they wish.

• CHILE
• COLOMBIA
• MEXICO
• BRAZIL
• PERU
• ECUADOR

• What do financiers need to see before committing their dollars to a project?
• Making the business case stack up – co-located or standalone?
• Who are the potential lenders in the market at the moment?

• La naturaleza climática de las fuentes de energía renovable variable (FERV), sus desafíos operativos y de planificación en la red eléctrica
• Tecnologías de AE pueden proporcionar gran parte de la flexibilidad necesaria para mover la energía a lo largo del tiempo y mejorar la coincidencia entre la generación de electricidad y los patrones de consumo
• El arbitraje por AE mitigando la volatilidad de precios y reduciendo los riesgos financieros para los participantes del mercado

      We are seeing a movement across Latin America which aims to give women in energy a louder voice, support their growth and diversify representation in the industry. We want to support this cause, by giving this community a platform at our event and becoming a part of the movement, in addition to supporting, promoting and championing the women already making important contributions to the power sector in Latin America. We are looking forward to hosting this networking session with La Asociación de Mujeres en Energía AG, who will host a panel discussion to set the scene for this movement.

With the country’s first utility-scale project now up and running, and regulatory changes underway, this session will explore the new market appearing on the horizon for energy storage in Brazil.

• Will the 2024 auctions specifically include storage and how will they help boost the market?
• What are the latest developments regarding the regulatory frameworks for storage which are set to be implemented in early 2024?
• How do key players envision the regulatory and market changes affecting the appetite for energy storage in Brazil in the long term?

Join us for this session to gain first-hand insight from developers with active storage projects in the region. Market players will present short case studies followed by a 'Meet the Developer' Q&A session to round off the day on a high.

• AES Chile and the Pampas Hybrid Park – The biggest energy storage project to date in the region.
• Invenergy’s La Toba Energy Storage Project
• Brazil’s 30MW BESS Project – Brazil’s first utility-scale energy storage project came online in December 2022, providing back-up power to the grid.
• 45MW utility-scale battery storage project in Barranquilla, Colombia