Peter Lund
PROFESSOR
Summary
Sustainable energy systems and policies. Activities in India, China, and Latin America.
Profile
https://people.aalto.fi/peter.lund
Researcher info
Institution
Aalto University
Department/faculty
School of Science
Contact information
peter.lund@aalto.fi
0405150144
Keywords
climate justice energy storage policy formulation renewable energy solar energy
Research projects
In this project, solar concentrating power production systems and technologies are developed. The focus is on new innovations to bring this solar technology closer to commercialisation. A new type of concentrator, the so-called beam-down 2-stage concentrator, has been developed. It can be equipped with an integrated thermal (high-temperature) storage to provide dispatchable power operation. Up to 40% solar conversion efficiency can be reached.
Team
Wang Jun, Song Yang, Wang Jiangping
This research concerns socio-technical issues for providing solar electricity into rural India. Several solar pico-grid systems have been implemented in villages accompanied with comprehensive data collection, field-trips, interviews, and analysis. Research questions have included behavioural aspects with use of solar electricity in the rural context, system reliability, and system optimisations. Key results include observations that reliability need more attention and local training, i.e. strengthening frugality aspects; demand response of the rural population showed less correlation with access to solar electricity.
Team
Sini Numminen, Semee Yoon, Johannes Urpelainen