Energy Day

The Swiss Business Hub and swissnex Brazil will transform the House of Switzerland Brazil 2016 into a collective “power house”, inviting HoS visitors and experts to learn about, present, debate, produce and save energy to reach a common goal.

During the whole day, several stations around the House of Switzerland will be open to the public, raising the attention about the 2.000 Watt society, proposed by ETH Zurich researchers. These interactive stations will enable every HoS visitor to be more aware about their own electricity consumption and will plant a seed about defining what electricity consumption cap would enable Cariocas to live comfortably, without negatively impacting the environment.

A closed workshop session will start at 13:30 which will, for the first time, bring together Swiss and Brazilian energy experts to present and debate the challenges of each country on integrating a high share of renewable intermittent sources (such as solar and wind) in their grids. Inspired by the “lake and mountains landscape” of the Baixo Suíça, which connects the two countries, the invited energy experts and panelists will discuss the opportunities of both countries on already having expertise of operating electricity grids with a high share of hydro power.

Starting at 18:00, a presentation session open to the public on the state of the art solutions in the field of energy, both from academia and from innovative startups will gather all HoS visitors to learn how these innovations could help Switzerland and Brazil in having a higher share of renewables in their grids.

Please see below the detailed schedule: 

11h - 20h (open to the public)

Open to the public interactive stations to generate and save electricity

13h30 - 18h (by invitation only)

Workshop closed for guests on “Integrating renewable energy sources into existing grids – success cases in Brazil and Switzerland”

13h30 - 14h  Registration

14h00 - 14h10  Official Welcome by Gioia Deucher , swissnex Brazil and Thomas Först, Swiss Business Hub Brazil

14h10 - 14h15  Introduction Energy Day – Adriano Bürgi, swissnex Brazil

Current scenario and Challenges:

14h15 - 14h30  The energy sector in Switzerland – Simon Locher, Swiss Business Hub Brazil

14h30 - 14h45  The energy sector in Brazil – Amilcar Guerreiro, EPE

14h45 - 14h55  Q&As

Best Practices

14h55 - 15h10  BlueFACTORY: Innovation and sustainability – Jean-Luc Mossier, Canton Fribourg

15h10 - 15h25  Hybrid Projects: Sun, Wind and Water – Leontina Pinto, Engenho Consultoria

15h25 - 15h35  Q&As

15h35 - 15h55  Coffee-Break

Tools to get there

15h55 - 16h10  LandisGyr

16h10 - 16h25  Andreas Wolf, Vela Solaris AG

16h25 - 16h40  Eduard Zuur, Time-steps AG

16h40 - 16h55  Roundtable Discussion and Q&As

16h55 - 17h  Workshop Conclusion

17h00 - 18h  Networking & Refreshments

Time is subject to change.