Aneel claims that batteries should have a greater presence in the electricity market next year, encouraging the use of solar energy and wind energy. The entity is already preparing to carry out the regulations

Batteries should arrive with greater force in the national market, encouraging the use of solar energy and wind energy from next year, in the view of the president of the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel), André Papitone, which regulates the electricity sector. According to the president, last Monday (29), during an event held by Huawei, a Chinese technology company, this will be the year of batteries, and Aneel will work to build the necessary regulation. In the UK, it is already believed that batteries could replace oil.

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Batteries are essential to boost solar energy and wind energy

According to the director, energy storage is an important part of the expansion of renewable energy sources, such as solar energy and wind energy.

The director of Aneel points out that the National Energy Plan, which is a strategy that points out Brazil's priorities in relation to investments in the electricity sector, projects an increase in the participation of these clean sources in the energy matrix to about one third of the total.

The batteries are in charge of regulating the load in the system, given that wind energy and solar energy are intermittent. The director of Aneel also highlighted the need to develop the regulation of the so-called distributed generation, a model that is widely used by the solar energy segment, where electricity generation occurs in a decentralized manner in small systems, such as, in the case of energy panels. solar panels installed on roofs of houses and buildings.

Aneel comments on distributed generation in solar energy

There is a tax issue that makes it impossible for individuals to sell energy. Currently, distributed generation systems, which are used in solar energy connected to the electrical grid, earn credits that can be deducted from the energy tariff that do not receive ICMS.

Therefore, it is not possible to sell energy generated by residential solar energy panels, for example. For the Aneel director, the changes that the electricity sector is going through will make electricity consumers become managers, changing the relationship with distributors.

New generation technologies, such as wind and solar energy, combined with artificial intelligence and data systems, will make possible the emergence of energy contracting models and differentiated tariffs.

Aneel approves energy project in large-scale batteries

Last month, the entity approved the first electricity storage project in large-scale batteries in the national system. The project is expected to be built at the Registro substation, in São Paulo, which is responsible for supplying energy to the south coast of São Paulo.

It is worth mentioning that the Allowed Annual Revenue, due to the installation of the venture, will be R$ 27 million, according to Isa Cteep. Lithium batteries will be installed in an area of ​​approximately 4 m², with an installed capacity of 30 MW and the equivalent of around 30 containers, which guarantees meeting the maximum demand on the South Coast, which is around 400 MW, benefiting in the minimum 2 million people