Duties
Sustainable energy economy, electricity market research
Subject area
Education and academic titles
PhD, University of Oulu
Memberships and networks
Foundation of Fortum and Neste, member of the board
CLIC Oy Energia, chair of the theme group
Research interests and duties
I work as a joint research professor of energy economics at the Syke and the University of Oulu Business School. My main responsibilities include leading research projects related to the sustainable energy economy, developing the research field, supervising dissertations, and teaching-related tasks.
As an economist, I am particularly interested in the challenges of climate change mitigation from the perspective of society. It would be important to find solutions that are sustainable on both an environmental and an economy perspective. I believe that solutions to mitigating and adapting climate change can also support welfare and employment. However, this requires an understanding of the interdependencies between entities and different sectors of society. When the interdependencies are deeply understood, it is also possible to direct political guidance to the right targets.
In my research I have recently focused in energy transition related problems and opportunities. The key drivers of the ongoing restructuring of the energy market, the increasing use of renewable resources and the intelligence of electricity grids, will enable a new approach for the whole society to increase sustainability and welfare.
Ongoing projects
- Accelerating residential around-the-clock clean electricity consumption through hard and soft policies (ALLTIME)
- Clean Energy System Transition (REPower-CEST)
- Fair, flexible and socially resilient energy systems (FLAIRE, flaire.fi)
Recent publications
- Ahonen, V.L., Woszczek, A., Baumeister, S., Helimo, U.T., Jackson, A.K., Kopsakangas-Savolainen, M., Kääriä, J., Lehtonen, T., Luoranen, M., Pongrácz, E., Soukka, R., Vainio, V., El Geneidy, S. (2024) Carbon Neutral Higher Education Institutions: A reality check, challenges, and solutions, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 25 (9), 293-315. (doi.org)
- Marttila, H., Huuki, H., Ashraf, F., Patro, E., Hellsten, S., Ruokamo, E., Karhinen, S., Romakkaniemi. A., Kopsakangas-Savolainen, M., Pongracz, E., Virk, Z., Haghighi, A., Juutinen, A. (2024) River systems under peaked stress, Environmental Research Letters 19, 064071. (doi.org)
- Bu, L-L., Kopsakangas-Savolainen, M., Xie, B-C., Li, H-Z., Liu, Y-M., Yin, S-P. (2024). Has benchmarking improved the performance of the Australian electricity distribution utilities? A meta-frontier model. Utilities Policy, Vol 88, 101734. (doi.org)
- Huuki, H., Ruokamo, E., Kopsakangas-Savolainen, M., Belonogova, N., Sridhar, A., Honkapuro S., (2024) House and socio-demographic features vs. electricity consumption time series in main heating mode classification. The Electricity Journal, Vol 32, 107373. (doi.org)
- Ruokamo, E., Juutinen, A., Ashraf, F., Haghighi, A., Hellsten, S., Huuki, H., Karhinen, S., Kopsakangas-Savolainen, M., Marttila, H., Pongracz, E., Romakkaniemi, A., Vermaat, J. (2024) Estimating the economic value of hydropeaking externalities in regulated rivers, Applier Energy, Vol 353, 122055. (doi.org)
- Li, H-Z, Apolloni, A., Dou, Y., Basile, V, Kopsakangas-Savolainen, M. (2024). "A parametric method to estimate environmental energy efficiency with non-radial adjustment: An application to China", Annals of Operations Research. (doi.org)
- Ruokamo, E., Laukkanen, M. Karhinen, S., Kopsakangas-Savolainen, M., Svento, R. (2023). Innovators, followers and laggards in home solar PV: Factors driving diffusion in Finland. Energy Research and Social Science Vol 102. 103183.
- Sridhar, A., Belonogova, N. Honkapuro S., Huuki, H., Kopsakangas-Savolainen, M., Ruokamo, E. (2023). Identifying hybrid heating systems in the residential sector from smart meter data, Journal of Building Engineering, 74. (doi.org)
- Kiehle, J., Kopsakangas-Savolainen, M., Hilli, M., Pongracz, E. (2023). Carbon Footprint at Institutions of Higher Education: The case of the University of Oulu, Journal of Environmental Management 329 117056. (doi.org)
- Tuomela, S., Hänninen, T., Ruokamo, E., Iivari, N., Kopsakangas-Savolainen, M., Svento, R. (2023). Energy community preferences of solar prosumers and electricity consumers in the digital energy ecosystem, in Trading in Local Energy Markets and Energy Communities: Concepts, Structures and Technologies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 113-135. (doi.org)