Armi Temmes

Leader of Smart Energy Transition project,

Professor of Practice of Corporate Sustainability,

Aalto University

Co-creation in a research project - Smart Energy Transition

12.6.2019

Armi Temmes, Aalto University, School of Business

What do we study in Smart Energy Transition

Energy transition:• From fossil to

low-carbon • From centralised to

distributed • From constant to

intermittent

Case: How to co-create a vision of city heating that has impact on the government programme?

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Adapting transition arena to the Finnish ContextTransition management was applied in Finland in early 2000s: “Too Dutch”: “too loose in comparison to regulation and too determining regarding markets” -> Conditions vary from a country to another• Finland has deliberative goal-setting processes for long-term and

mid-range• Energy and climate roadmap to 2050, Mid-range climate plan to 2030

and Governmental energy and climate strategy to 2030 • High emphasis on experimentation by previous government

• 140 energy related pilots www.energiakokeilut.fi Transition arena was designed to connect the two

http://www.energiakokeilut.fi/

Implementation of Energy Transition Arena Schedule• 16.2. 2017 KICK-OFF: Setting the scene • 16.3.2017 Workshop 1: Current challenges and drivers • 20.4.2017 Workshop 2: Vision and goals for 2030 • 18.5.2017 Workshop 3 Pathways of change • 15.6.2017 Workshop 4. Prioritization of pathway steps • 24.8.2017 Workshop 5. Immediate actions and

experiments• 19.10.2017 Workshop 6. Final report preparation

Participant’s backgrounds • MPs• Ministries: TEM, YM, EV, LVM, • Cleantech start ups• Energy company change makers • Energy technology companies• Large industrial energy users• Forerunner cities • Carbon neutral municipalities• NGOs and Citizens • Sitra, Tekes, Investors• Researchers

Roles of SET researchers and participantsSET• Modifying the Dutch transition

management method• Selection of participants• Facilitation• Preparation of background memos• Formulation and concretisation of

objectives• Definition of report format and writing

the report based on the results of the workshop

Participants• Listing of drivers and

uncertanties• Creating the vision• Proposing objectives• Participation of one or two

change pathway working groups• Commenting between

workshops and in the reporting phase

Tools

Objective: End of Coal use by 2030

Publishing of the transition arena report

A technical concept of future city heating

Solar heat collectors

Electrical storage

Wind turbines

District heating network, temperature appr. 65 ºC

Industrial heat pumpOld residential buildings with solar PV, EVs, heat pumps and hot water storage tankss

New residential buildings with solar PV, EVs and hot water storage tanks

Office buildings, data centers etc. with solar PV, Evs and heat pumps

Flexible bio CHP(back-up power)

District cooling network

Seasonal heat storage

School building with solar PV

Collecting feedback• Meetings and discussions

• District heating companies• New technology companies• City administration• Politicians and policy makers

• Seminars with panel discussions

• Smart energy talks• Tampere energy fair

• Social media

How much is much – numbers are needed

Communication and collecting feedback continues…• Meetings and discussions

• District heating companies• City administration• Politicians and policy makers

• Seminars with panel discussions

• Smart energy talks• Social media• Policy briefs with clear action

points

• Government programme of the cabinet of Mr Rinne, 2019

• Energy and climate policy part contain several ideas of SET project.

Aalto University School of Business

Aalto University School of Art and Design

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)

Consumer Society Research Centre, University of Helsinki

Lappeenranta University of Technology

Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)/Sussex University

VATT Institute for Economic Research

VTT Technical Research Centre

Motiva, City of Lappeenranta, Heureka, FinPro

What is needed for making impact in a research project?• Partners with networks and experience of interaction• Chain of projects – research group with reputation• Readiness to modify project plans• Bridge-builders between academia and practice

www.smartenergytransition.fi