Thiago Barral

Thiago Barral is an energy planning and policy specialist with 20 years of experience. He is Undersecretary for Implementation at the Secretariat of Carbon Markets, Ministry of Finance, Brazil. Previously he was National Secretary for Energy Transition and Planning (2023–2025) and CEO of EPE, Brazil’s federal energy planning agency (2019–2023), having also led EPE’s energy economics, environmental studies and power generation expansion teams. Thiago helped advance Brazil’s Low Emission Hydrogen Law (2024), launched the Energies of the Amazon program (2023), oversaw major transmission expansion for renewable integration (2020–2025), and led national energy plans including NEP 2050/2055 and multiple 10 Year Plans. He served as Brazil’s focal point to the IEA, CEM, Mission Innovation (2018–2025) and OLADE (2023–2025). He holds a civil engineering degree, a M.Sc. in water resources and environment, and a postgraduate specialization in public management.