The Future of Solar Engineering and Emerging Trends

Eduard Joseph Krummenauer is an Electrical Engineer with a global career spanning over 15 years in the energy sector. He currently serves as Global Finance Director at Helius Sunlink PV, a Chinese multinational. Previously, he led operations and developed business across Europe, North and Latin America at Helius SunLink PV.  Eduard has been contributing to photovoltaic module innovation and solar industry trends.

Founding Partner of AEVOSOLAR, an engineering, EPC, and consulting company with over 25 years of experience in solar thermal and photovoltaic energy, delivering more than 650 MW of solar projects in Brazil. Founder of AEVOservice, specializing in asset management and O&M for solar power plants, currently operating over 500 MW of installed capacity. Founder of AEVOquest, an investment company that develops and operates its own solar parks.Vice President of the Brazilian Distributed Generation Association (ABGD), leading working groups on quality standards, solar plant safety, distributed generation policies, and DSO implementation. Founder and former Vice President of ABSolar, the Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association. Consultant for GIZ/COPPE/SENAI on national solar energy training programs, creator of the Solar Cities Initiative, frequent international conference speaker, and Brazilian representative to the IEA Task 60 on Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) Technologies.

Architect and PhD in Civil Engineering, with more than two decades of experience integrating solar energy into architecture. She completed her PhD and postdoctoral research at the Fotovoltaica UFSC Laboratory and also conducted research at the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore.She is the founder of Arquitetando Energia Solar, a company established in 2020. Clarissa develops projects, consultancy services, lectures and technical content focused on incorporating solar energy into buildings as a functional, aesthetic and strategic element.In 2026, she became Director of Energy and Architecture Integration at ABME.Her career has contributed to establishing solar architecture as an essential strategy for innovation, sustainability and integration between the construction industry and renewable energy generation in Brazil.

Adjunct Professor at the School of Engineering at the Federal University of Fluminense (UFF), teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) and a Ph.D. in Energy from the University of São Paulo (USP), with a sandwich program at the Institute of Solar Energy at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (IES-UPM). Director of the Brazilian Solar Energy Association (ABENS) and coordinator of the 11th Brazilian Solar Energy Congress (CBENS 2026). He is active in research, development, and outreach, having participated primarily in strategic R&D and energy efficiency projects for companies in the electric power sector. His research and professional work focus on topics related to distributed and centralized electricity generation using photovoltaic and hybrid systems, as well as energy efficiency applied to the built environment.

Vinícius Augusto de Oliveira holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Uberlândia and a technical degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal Institute of Triângulo Mineiro. He works at the Energisa Group in the Operations, Planning, and Data Analysis department, focusing on post-operation analysis, performance, and continuous improvement of solar power plants. He currently oversees the performance monitoring of a portfolio of more than 120 photovoltaic plants, with a total installed capacity of over 400 MWp. His work involves monitoring key performance indicators, analyzing operational variances, evaluating generation efficiency, and supporting decision-making by integrating data, operations, and strategy to improve the performance of solar assets.