About Vera Järvenreuna

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The challenges and best practices for community energy development in the Baltic Sea Region – conclusions and policy recommendations

Energy policy, project related factors and actors’ characteristics and role play an important role in the diffusion of community energy initiatives. In Co2mmunity project, we conducted eleven case studies of community energy initiatives from seven countries in the Baltic Sea Region. The main results show that community energy projects face numerous challenges in most of […]

Clean energy solutions require systematic support

Our energy system is in the middle of a disruption. It will not be possible to use coal, oil or natural gas in the future. The production cost of wind and solar energy has decreased dramatically, while carbon capture and storage has proven to be very expensive. Distributed and intermittent production of electricity and heat […]

Towards 100% fossil-free Helsinki

This scenario aims at giving an idea of a clean energy mix that diverse players including new producers, flexibility providers, prosumers etc. could provide in cooperation with Helen Ltd to phase out fossil fuels from the capital city of Finland. The following estimations are calculated based on the 100% fossil fuel-free scenario for Finland, reflected […]

Challenges to be solved in the transition towards clean energy system

In order to phase out fossil fuels from the Finnish energy system and to secure the transition towards clean district heating and cooling systems, we need to solve the following challenges: Profitability of clean energy investments The recent IPCC report emphasized the need to reduce greenhouse gases as fast as possible to avoid the most […]

Clean electricity production must increase massively to replace fossil fuel combustion

In the fossil fuel-free energy scenario for Finland, the share of electricity will increase by about 50% replacing fossil fuels. More electricity will be needed to supply power for the heat pumps in district heating networks and buildings, and electric vehicles in the transport sector. Also steel industry and other industries need clean electricity in […]

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