Workshop: Protections in SFV, Common Design Errors

Founder and Director of AMERALI Group. In her 29 years, she has led the design and implementation of high-impact sustainable strategies for saving electricity and gas in companies and homes. She has trained distributors and integrators in sales in LATAM. In 2022 she was named as one of the 100 leaders in the energy sector by Petróleo & Energía magazine. She is vice-president of the Women in Energy Network (REDMEREE) and a member of Women Leaders of the Americas. Her purpose is to bring safe and affordable energy to all people.

Brad has twenty-five years of clean energy advocacy experience with state and national organizations in the U.S. He is the author of dozens of research reports written for policy campaigns across the country. He has led initiatives for limits on existing coal-fired power plants, low-emission vehicle standards, greenhouse gas reduction frameworks, renewable energy mandates, and many other clean energy policies. He has been in his current position for ten years, where he leads the policy work for California's customer-sited solar industry on net metering, rate design, interconnection standards, and other issues.

Viridiana Vázquez Guerrero as a founding partner of VA Energía Sustentable, she plays a crucial role in promoting renewables energies. She is the VP of Green Economy at Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Transformación (CANACINTRA), and actively participates in the Industrial Branch of Renewable Energy. Previously, she was General Manager of the Asociación Mexicana de Energía Solar Fotovoltaica (ASOLMEX) and General Director of (CANACINTRA) in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. In addition, she is the creator of ""Mujeres Transformando"" program, and has contributed to the development of the Centro Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo de Energías Alternativas (CRIDEA) through the Colegio de Chihuahua. She has a degree in International Relations from the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, with a postgraduate degree in Administration, focused on Business Development and a specialization in Energy Law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho.

Executive Director of REN21, the only global policy network of renewable energy actors from science, governments, NGOs and industry. She is also the chair of SLOCAT, an international multistakeholder partnership enabling knowledge and action for sustainable, low carbon transport. Rana comes from a background in private industry and applied research in the areas of renewable energy, energy access, waste management as well as waste to energy. With her cross-functional profile, she is championing pathways to a renewables-based world.

Electrical-Electronic Engineer from the Faculty of Engineering of the UNAM, he has been active in the Renewable Energy business in Mexico, in large wind and solar projects since 2005, collaborating as an Independent Engineer for investors, project developers, as well as for the Mexican government and academia. In 2009 Jesús finished his degree as a Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Specialist at the University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Business and Design in Wismar, Germany. Since 2013 he has been involved in developing projects in the solar photovoltaic sector of Distributed Generation. In the same year he participated as an expert in Asia-Pacific Economies forums on energy efficiency for SMEs invited by the Ministry of Economy. In 2015 he participated in solar PV design activities and technical-economic analysis of the first large-scale solar PV projects in Mexico. Since 2019 and to date he works at TUV Rheinland Mexico in the Solar Photovoltaic business area, coordinating the support and services to customers in solar plants currently operating in Mexico and South America, coordinating also the performance, quality and safety testing of PV modules, trackers and inverters. ""Ingeniero Eléctrico-Electrónico por la Facultad de Ingeniería de la UNAM, ha estado activo en el negocio de las Energías Renovables en México, en grandes proyectos eólicos y solares desde 2005, colaborando como Ingeniero Independiente para inversionistas, desarrolladores de proyectos, así como para el gobierno mexicano y la academia. En 2009 Jesús terminó su licenciatura como Especialista en Energías Renovables y Eficiencia Energética en la Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas para la Tecnología, Negocios y Diseño en Wismar, Alemania. Desde 2013 ha estado involucrado desarrollando proyectos en el sector solar fotovoltaico de Generación Distribuida. Ese mismo año participó como experto en foros de Economías Asia-Pacífico sobre eficiencia energética para PYMES invitado por el Ministerio de Economía. En 2015 participó en actividades de diseño solar fotovoltaico y análisis técnico-económico de los primeros proyectos solares fotovoltaicos a gran escala en México. Desde 2019 y hasta la fecha labora en TUV Rheinland México en el área de negocio Solar Fotovoltaica, coordinando el soporte y servicios a clientes en plantas solares que actualmente operan en México y Sudamérica, coordinando también las pruebas de desempeño, calidad y seguridad de módulos fotovoltaicos, seguidores e inversores.