Sustainable Energy and Bioeconomy

Sustainable energy is a broad context covering the fields such as energy efficiency, low carbon energy, bioenergy and smart grids. Planning and operation of future sustainable energy systems can be increasingly supported by novel computational techniques and tools, which utilize information from different data sources. In our research group, we are focusing in developing and applying various techniques such as computational intelligence, statistical methods, GIS, evolutionary algorithms and process modelling to analyze and model complex energy related problems. In parallel with that we are using software engineering to demonstrate solutions for end-users.

The projects in this area include

• Regional Mobilizing of Sustainable Waste-to-Energy Production, EU Baltic Sea Region Programme (REMOWE, 2008-2012)
• Implementing Advanced Concepts for Biological Utilization of Waste, EU Baltic Sea Region Programme, (ABOWE, 2012-2014)
• Smart Grids and Energy Markets (SGEM, 2010-2014)
• Future Flexible Energy Systems (FLEXe, 2015-2016)
• Enhancing energy efficiency by the means of the energy companies, (ENETE, 2008-2010)
• Applying Forest Planning and Environmental Informatics in Bioenergy Economy (Mysli, 2007–2010)
• Adaptive Data Analytics (Academy of Finland 2019 – 2023)
• Harvesting solar PV data for improved meteorology (Academy of Finland 2022- 2026)