Director of Energy Economics and Environmental Studies Division
Thiago is graduated in eletrical engineering since 2006 and post graduated in economic engineering and has a MBA in finance. Previously, he was a deputy head at generation projects department in Energy Research Office – EPE from 2018 to 2019 and Technical Consultant from 2013 to 2018. He works at EPE since 2008 with power generation projects of all energy sources (gas, hydro, wind, solar, biomass, nuclear, etc.), which includes: coordination, technical qualification and calculation of the cap price in Brazil´s electricity auctions, studies for off-grid systems, feasibility studies of hydropower projects, ten-year energy expansion plan, long-term energy plan, electricity market design and power system economics. He works directly in technical and financial economic studies that supports energy policies of the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy.
Director's Technical Advisor
Chemical Engineer, MSc and DSc. in Energy Planning by COPPE/UFRJ. Currently, is Head of Energy and Economic Studies in Energy Research Office (EPE), a Public Company linked to Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), being in charge of studies concerning long term energy sector perspectives, energy efficiency, energy demand forecasts, distributed energy resources assessment, electricity and natural gas market analysis as well as Brazilian energy statistics
Head of Environmental Studies Department
Mrs. Almeida holds a Doctoral Degree in Ecology from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, a Master´s Degree from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and a Bachelor´s Degree from Universidade Federal de Uberlândia.
Since she joined EPE, her main contributions involved coordination of several socio-environmental studies required for hydroelectric power plants licensing process; management of workgroups on environmental costs of hydroelectric power plants and transmission lines; Equator Principles and Ecosystem Services applied in energy planning.
In October 2017, Mrs. Almeida was nominated Head of Environment Department. Nowadays she also manages the environmental studies for mid and long-term energy planning and the environmental group activities that subsidize the energy auctions.
She is also a member of the Executive Committee on Governance, Risks, Integrity and Internal Controls of EPE.
Head of Energy Economic Studies Department