Jero Ahola

Jero Ahola
Professor
Electrical Engineering
LUT School of Energy Systems
Lappeenranta
+358 40 529 8524

Biography

Jero Ahola was born in Lappeenranta, Finland, in 1974. He received the M.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees Electrical Engineering from LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland, in 1999 and 2003, respectively. He works currently at LUT as a full professor of energy efficiency in electrically driven systems, and as the head of the Department of Electrical Engineering. His research group demonstrated first in the world, in collaboration with VTT Finland, “Fuel from air” with SOLETAIR pilot in 2017 and “Food from electricity” with Neo-Carbon Food pilot in 2019. His current research interests include power-to-x processes, green hydrogen production by water electrolysis, solar PV applications, and energy efficiency electrical motor driven systems. Jero Ahola is a member of the board of Finnish electricity grid TSO Fingrid Oyj and Finnish gas grid TSO Gasgrid Finland Oy. 

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Jero Ahola news

Sustainable energy.
Power-to-x
30.10.2023

Power-to-x (P2X) – what does it mean for energy and food production?

LUT University solves air pollution problems by means of physics, applied mathematics, separation and energy technology and software engineering.
Clean air
30.10.2023

Eliminating air pollution with science – five clean air solutions

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Power to X
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Renewable electricity generation and storage