Program

Monday 13.9.2021

All times are CEST +1.

Moderator: Dr. Antti Arasto, Vice President, Industrial Energy and Hydrogen, VTT

10:30 Opening and welcome (CEST 9.30)
Mayor Kimmo Jarva, City of Lappeenranta
Rector Juha-Matti Saksa, LUT University

10:50 Green Recovery of Europe - Keynote

• Green Deal and Exit plan for Europe - Director Catharina Sikow-Magny DG Energy
• Towards sustainable Transport System - Mr. Timo Harakka, Minister of Transport and Communication, Finland

11.30 Electrification paving the way for more sustainable world - Keynotes

• The World is changing - everything will be electrified - Dean Olli Pyrhönen, School of Energy Systems, LUT University
• Energy transformation and climate change - Chairman, Mr. Mika Anttonen, ST1

12:30 BREAK
During the break virtual company visits in video format.

13:30 The electric drivetrain revolution - Keynote
Kimmo Rauma, Vice-president Danfoss Editron

14:00 Company view for Electrification. Case examples from Marine industry
Mikko Lönnberg, Head of Marketing and Business Development, Yaskawa Environmental Energy

14:20 Keynote: Regulatory and taxation issues in green electrification
Mr. Petteri Kuuva, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland

14:40 Panel discussion

• Petteri Kuuva, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland
• Kimmo Rauma, Danfoss Editron
• Mikko Lönnberg, Yaskawa Environmental Energy
• Minna Näsman, Head of Energy, CLIC Innovation
• Petteri Laaksonen, LUT University

15:10 Q&A

15:50 Virtual program ends

16:15 Site visits for live participants
- Green Leaf Lappeenranta tour around the city OR
- Visit to Visit to Yaskawa Large Drive Test Center (LDTC)

Read more about the visits here

19:00 Get together and dinner at the Lappeenranta Fortress

Tuesday 14.9.2021

Parallel sessions 10.30-12.30

10:30 Green gas

Moderator: Arto Nikkanen, CEO, Lappeenranta Energy company

• Goals for hydrogen cluster activities - Chairman of the national hydrogen cluster Outi Ervasti, Neste Oyj

• The new role of CO2: from harmful fossil emissions to raw material for sustainable products - Prof. Christian Breyer, LUT University

• Improving the mass and heat transfer of direct air capture – the DAC2.0 project - Mr. Jere Elfving, VTT

• CO2 capture in buildings - Techniques and products - Dr. Cyril Bajamundi, Soletair Power

• Biomethanation – small microbes with large impact on renewable energy and carbon storage - Dr. Jose Rodrigo, Electrochaea

• KEROGREEN aviation grade fuel from recirculated CO2 - Dr. Alex van de Steeg / Dr. Adelbert Goede, Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER)

10:30 Electrification is Moving the World

Moderator: Antti Väyrynen, Danfoss Editron

10:30-11:05 Off-highway electrification – Antti Väyrynen, Director, Off-Highway Business Unit, Danfoss Editron

11:05-11:10 Q&A

11:10-11:25 On-highway electrification - Hanna Huppunen, Director, Service & Training, Danfoss Editron

11:25-11:30 Q&A

11:30-11:50 Marine electrification - Erno Tenhunen, Director, Marine Business Unit, Danfoss Editron

11:50-12:05 Reducing vessel emissions through electrification, Finferries, Mats Rosin, Managing Director

12:05-12:10 Q&A

12:10-12:25 Charging – Kempower - Tomi Ristimäki, CEO, Kempower

12:25-12:30 Q&A

12:30 BREAK

During the break virtual company visits in video format.

Parallel Session 13:30-15:30

13:30 Water Electrolyzers

Moderator: Antti Kosonen, LUT University

• Perspectives of alkaline electrolysis for large scale water electrolysis - Prof. Jens Oluf Jensen, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

• Advanced converters for electrolyzers - Dr. Joonas Koponen, Neovolt

• Aspects of electrical engineering in water electrolyzers - Dr. Vesa Ruuskanen, LUT University

• Pro-and-con’s of PEM electrolysis - Dr. Laila Grahl-Madsen, IRD Fuel Cells A/S

• 400 kW PEM electrolyzer - Mr. Michael Hehemann, Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)

• Kickstarting an integrated hydrogen economy in the Northern Netherlands: the HEAVENN programme - Janke Kappenburg, Program Manager, New Energy Coalition

13:30 Synthesis, power-to-food

Moderator: Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Aalto University

• Food out of thin air - CEO Pasi Vainikka, Solar Foods

• Technical and economical feasibility of industrial size power-to-fuels production at Joutseno - Dr. Petteri Laaksonen, Research director, LUT University

• Energy efficient biocatalytic technologies for different purposes Dr. Anni Alitalo, Q Power

• Synthesis of renewable power-based aviation fuels via the Fischer-Tropsch route – Status and perspectives - Dorela Dhamo / David Metzger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

• Development of intensified process for low-cost production of methanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogen - Dr. Arto Laari, LUT University

• Production of synthetic fuels with FT-synthesis and high temperature electrolysis - Prof. Juha Lehtonen / Dr. Ville Saarinen, VTT

15:30 Virtual program ends

16:00 Site visits for live participants

• Soletair Power, Elstore, Afstor OR
• Neoen, 30 MW battery and Power reserve markets

Read more about the visits here

18:30 Evening get together for live participants

Wednesday 15.9.2021 - Side event

Topic: Decreasing of carbon footprint from housing and social infrastructure buildings, mobility & logistics and efficiency of municipal waste management

All day event 10.00-16.00

See the whole program to the side event here