3. Smart Grid & Customer Gateway at
Lappeenranta University of Technology
4. LUT Energy in a Nutshell
• Institute of Energy Technology (LUT Energy, part of the Faculty of
Technology) is the largest energy research and education organisation in
Finland
• B.Sc. and M.Sc. Degree Programmes in Energy Technology, Environmental
Technology and Electrical Engineering
FACTS AND FIGURES
• 240 persons
• 19 full professors + 50 other research scientists (D.Sc.)
• 30 foreign researchers, 2 visiting professors, one
honorary professor (Eindhoven, the Netherlands)
• 125 Masters of Science (Tech)/year
• 12 Doctors of Science (Tech)/year
• 13 M€ research budget/year (external funding resources)
• 7 M€ teaching budget/year (Ministry of Education and
Culture)
5. LUT Green Campus demonstration
environment
30 kWh
(in laboratory
tests)
20 kW
(components
ready to be
installed)
20 kW
(in operation)
PHEV
(6.7 kWh, G2V +
V2G, in operation)
BEV
(24 kWh, G2V, in
operation)
40 kW
220 kW
by 2015
500 - 1000
kWh, 1-2 MW
7. PV electricity generation record of 24
GW in Germany 22.7.2014 at 13-14
Sources: SMA, www.sma.de
http://inhabitat.com/germany-sets-another-solar-power-generation-record/(accessed 21.8.2013)
• Electricity is generated
from 1.3-1.4M of solar PV
systems
• 8.5M humans living in
buildings which produce
electric energy with PV
systems
• On 21.7.2013 from 13-
14 solar PV generation
covered 46 % of all
consumed electricity in
Germany
8. Europe is facing towards renewable
electricity generation
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Sources: EPiA & Christian Breyer
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2
3
4
5
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Jan-06 Jan-07 Jan-08 Jan-09 Jan-10 Jan-11 Jan-12
€/Wp
Average PV System Prices
Germany USA (1 € = 1.35 $)
The development of installed solar PV
system costs in Germany and in USA
Source: U.S. Solar market insight 2011 – Executive summary, Solar Industries
Association, http://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-
content/uploads/2012/03/USSMI-2011-YIR-ES.pdf,5.9.2012
Source: Statistic data on the German Solar power (photovoltaic)industry, German
Solar Industry Association, 5.9.2012
http://www.solarwirtschaft.de/fileadmin/media/pdf/BSW_facts_solarpower_en.pdf
http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/us--installed-price-of-pv-systems-
continue-to-fall_100009368/#axzz2J4qdXxDh
Notes:
Germany: Pn < 100
kWp, no VAT
USA: Non-residental
plants
+ 120%
1.5 €/Wp
3.35 €/Wp
How to get the
Finland to the
same cost path
with Germany?
13. LUT 50 kWp flat roof installation,
status on 21.8.2013
14. Proposal A: LUT 220 kWp PV plant as a
research an piloting environment, focus
on Nordic environment
Cost-efficient integration of solar PV to existing building stock
Solar panels as a functional component of the building
Barriers related to building of solar PV and how to overcome these
16. Proposal B: Possible research
themes
Electric and heat storages combined with solar energy
Optimization of solar energy use (e.g. load management based on
weather forecasts)
Utilization of solar energy in new and renovated buildings
17. Energy at LUT with Russia
Close and successful co-operation with
Russian universities in St. Petersburg
and Moscow
Education
Finnish-Russian Innovation University (FRIU)
MITIM-programme, double degree programme in
the field of business administration
35 M.Sc. double degrees (Russian students) per
annum in international study programmes in the
energy sector
co-operation with universities and companies
Research
Energy market models in Russia, the EU and the
Nordic countries
Safety models for nuclear power plants produced
in Russia
Waste management
Measurement of heat flux
18. In 2014 LUT will arrange the largest
power electronics conference in Europe
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