Brazil's battery storage auctions: December 2 and 4, 2026

Your BESS project in Northeast Brazil, from auction to operation, with no surprises on site.

Heavy-haul logistics, permits, a trained local workforce and local suppliers to meet your COD and local-content requirements in Ceará, Piauí and Bahia.

What usually goes wrong

Winning the auction is the easy part. Building in the interior is the hard one.

Companies coming to Northeast Brazil to install batteries run into the same obstacles. We solve each one with local people and a local network.

01

Commercial operation date

Schedule slippage means penalties and lost revenue.

Mobilization planning with suppliers and crews already mapped in the region.

02

Oversized cargo to site

Battery containers and transformers can't travel on just any road.

Route surveys, special transit permits (AET) and heavy-haul and lifting partners, from port to final placement.

03

Workforce in the interior

Trained technicians to build and run BESS are scarce far from the state capitals.

Selection and training of local workers, by a team that has done it in five Brazilian states.

04

Local content and suppliers

Financing (BNDES) and auction rules require Brazilian suppliers and local assembly.

A network of qualified regional suppliers and support for your local-content strategy.

05

Permits and authorizations

Every municipality and agency has its own process and timeline.

Regional coordination of permits, licenses and authorizations, followed closely.

Where we start

Site delivery assessment for your project

Before you mobilize, you get a clear picture of what your site requires and who in the region can deliver it.

Request the assessment

Under NDA from the first contact.

  1. Route and logistics from port to site
  2. Required permits, licenses and authorizations
  3. Available workforce and training plan
  4. Local suppliers and local-content opportunities

Our edge: the local network

Enlace means link. We connect those who bring the project to those who build it locally.

You deal with one point of contact. We mobilize engineering, construction, logistics, suppliers and crews from Northeast Brazil for each phase.

Who brings the project

  • Project developers
  • EPCs and integrators
  • BESS manufacturers
  • Wind and solar generators
  • Transmission companies and investors

Coordination, relationships and regional intelligence

Who delivers in the Northeast

  • Engineering and design
  • Construction and installation
  • Logistics and heavy haul
  • Local suppliers
  • Trained workforce
  • Permits and environmental services

Team track record

People who have already built energy projects in Brazil's interior.

ENLACE is new. The road behind the people leading it is not.

25+ yearsof energy and territorial project consulting in Fortaleza
100kfarming families engaged in a national biodiesel program
101.4 MWthermal power plant built in Jaguarari (Bahia), connected at 69 kV
5 stateswith off-grid rural electrification systems and trained local crews

Figures from the careers of Julio Martinez and Paulo Melo before ENLACE. Read each person's background

Why now

Battery storage is now on Brazil's power auction calendar.

Dec 2 & 4, 2026

Capacity Reserve Auctions with batteries (LRCAP 2026): one with a local-content requirement and one without.

Apr 30, 2027

Transmission Auction No. 01/2027, the first with a battery lot in transmission (in Acre), a reference for the whole country.

2027 · 2028 · 2029

Capacity Reserve Auctions that may include batteries, in the second half of each year.

Sources: ANEEL Public Consultation 032/2026; BNDES/MegaWhat; MME Ordinance 143/2026. Estimated schedules, subject to change.

BESS

A storage system, not just a battery.

A BESS stores, controls, converts and delivers energy to the grid. Each layer has its own suppliers, standards and crews.

Batteries

Cells, modules, racks and containers.

BMS / EMS

Monitoring, safety and dispatch.

PCS / MV

DC/AC conversion and medium voltage.

Protection & auxiliaries

HVAC, fire suppression, SCADA.

Grid

Substation, interconnection and metering.

How it works

From the first call to operation.

01

Assess

We sign an NDA, understand the project and deliver the site delivery assessment.

02

Structure

Scope, costs, schedule and partners defined, with bid support when there is an RFP.

03

Deliver

Mobilization, heavy haul, permits, training, FAT/SAT and commissioning with a local presence.

About us

The people behind ENLACE.

Regional knowledge, engineering and execution, based in Fortaleza.

Julio Martinez
Leadership and regional intelligence

Julio Martinez

Senior consultant in energy transition and complex territorial solutions

Has led Martinez & Andrade Consultoria in Fortaleza for over 25 years. Manages ENLACE's client and partner relationships, training and local coordination in Ceará, Piauí and Bahia.

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Paulo Melo
Engineering and BESS

Paulo Melo

Commercial director for engineering and renewable energy at Rawtech Engenharia

Engineer with nearly four decades in the electrical and industrial sector of Northeast Brazil. Leads ENLACE's technical team: scope validation, studies, engineering partners and delivery support.

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Ringo Almeida
Governance and legal certainty

Ringo Almeida

Lawyer, partner at R. Almeida Advogados

Lawyer based in Fortaleza. Structures the governance of ENLACE's operations: contracts, confidentiality, risk matrix and compliance.

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Aleno Oliveira
Brand, digital presence and demand generation

Aleno Oliveira

Founder of Kronos Internacional

Digital marketing and business strategist. Builds ENLACE's brand and digital presence, content, CRM and new business generation.

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Read each person's background

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Building batteries in Northeast Brazil?

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