The international energy industry conference Future Energy Solutions brings together the field’s experts from the European Commission, business enterprises, and the research community. It aims to fuel dialogue and share the most recent research results related to energy. The event features several speakers on clean energy and sustainable business from LUT University.
Accelerating the green transition
This year’s theme is 'accelerating the green transition' – something that is necessary for achieving the climate targets set by Finland and the European Union. Emission-free, clean energy is important also for industry and regional vitality in Eastern Finland and provides new business opportunities.
Organizing the Future Energy Solutions conference is part of the international climate-related collaboration of the City of Lappeenranta. The city has developed energy and environmental solutions in cooperation with LUT University. Speakers at the conference include representatives of businesses involved in electrification, wind power, and solar power.
Professor Kirsimarja Blomqvist, who investigates digital forms of organizing at LUT Business School, emphasizes that clean energy investments require cross-sector collaboration:
"Finland has a great deal of top expertise in the energy industry, but it is scattered across a range of organizations, and harnessing it is challenging. In spring 2024, we carried out an efficient Fast Expert Teams collaboration project online. It enabled over 60 experts to dedicate ten hours of work each – adding up to 600 hours overall – to solving clean energy and P2X investment challenges."
LUT speeches in the conference
- Researcher Mari Tuomaala: Hydrogen and carbon value chains in green electrification (HYGCEL)
- Professor Jero Ahola: Power-to-X technology
- Professor Kirsimarja Blomqvist: New digital forms of cross-sectoral collaboration: Case Fast Expert Teams and P2X investments
- Junior Researcher Altti Meriläinen: Utilizing waste heat from renewable hydrogen production in the district heating network
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Kirsimarja Blomqvist
Altti Meriläinen
