In this research project, research groups from Aalto University and the University of Jyväskylä focus on optimizing energy system designs for small and medium-sized process industries to be cost- and energy-efficient, as carbon-neutral as possible, flexible and reliable. Electricity price scenarios are used to analyze the sustainability of the designs. We investigate how different technologies are integrated into the system and how we can simultaneously improve the energy efficiency of the system by recovering heat as efficiently as possible. To achieve this goal, new multiobjective optimization models and methods are developed.

2026

2029