Project summary
Russia has an important position in climate issues. It has vast natural resources, both fossil fuels and renewables. Russia has recently ratified the Kyoto protocol. The key notion for this research project lies in the Finnish interests vested in developing the Russian energy infrastructure. Finnish technological and commercial know-how could be utilized in developing Russian energy sector.
The purpose of the research consortium is to identify technically and economically most feasible ways of climate change mitigation in Russia from the Finnish perspective. In order to achieve this, the consortium aims to
1. Identify possibilities of greenhouse gas emission reduction in Northwest Russia, especially in the areas of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, and
2. Carry out more detailed calculations about different greenhouse gas reduction applications.
Detailed project objectives
- Mapping of means to reduce GHG emissions in Russia (LUT)
- Analysis of emerging governance systems of Emission Reduction Units in Russia (LUT)
- Case study of energy production (LUT)
- Case study of energy distribution and use or landfill gas collection und utilization (LUT)
- Estimation of technical and economical availability of different wood energy resources in the Leningrad oblast (METLA)
- Detail estimation of wood energy resources for a specific site (METLA)
- Analysis of Russian and Finnish technologies available for different procurement systems and potential for business opportunities (METLA)
Research consortium: Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and The Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA)
Partners: National Technology Agency (TEKES), Fortum, Wärtsilä, Vapo Energia, UPM Kymmene, StoraEnso, Komatsu Forest
Project duration: 2005-03/2007
TEKES' funding share: 250.000 €
Contact information
Lassi Linnanen
Professor
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Department of Energy and Environmental Technology
Email: firstname.lastname@lut.fi
Tel: +358 5 621 2759
Mika Horttanainen
Professor
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Department of Energy and Environmental Technology
Email: firstname.lastname@lut.fi
Tel: +358 5 621 2726
Timo Karjalainen
Professor
Finnish Forest Research Institute
Email: firstname.lastname@metla.fi
Mobile phone: +358 50 391 3080