Marcelo Rene

Job Title: Director of the Northern Branch
Company: Ledax Energia
Country: Brazil

Marcelo Rene is a Production Engineer with a specialization in Energy Transition and the Future of Energy from PUC Campinas, an Electrical Technician from SENAI Ary Torres, and CEO of Energy Libra, as well as Director of the Northern Branch of Ledax Energia. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the electricity sector, working in power distribution and transmission, distributed generation, battery energy storage systems (BESS), Grid Zero, the Free Energy Market, and infrastructure for electric mobility. He leads projects in various regions of Brazil, focusing on the implementation of integrated solutions to achieve structural cost reductions and increase energy efficiency in the commercial, industrial, and agribusiness sectors.

August 27, 2026Zero-Grid, BESS and the Free Energy Market: Technical Strategies for Structural Cost Reduction and Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Brazil

Sessions

Session

Energy Storage and Zero Grid

Thursday, August 27, 2026, 2:00pm–3:30pm

2nd floor Cantareira 6

This session examines zero-grid and BESS strategies in the free energy market from three perspectives: the technical and economic viability of these solutions and their potential to reduce costs; the regulatory and protection requirements associated with distributed microgeneration; and a hybrid architecture combining BESS, reversible power plants and agentic AI.