Technology and Market-Design Challenges to Decarbonize Electricity Systems

A Public Lecture by Professor Ramteen Sioshansi

24 April 2025 at 16:30 - 17:30 (Finnish time)
Aalto University Hall U7 PWC (U135a), Otakaari 1, Espoo
The lecture can be viewed in Zoom at https://aalto.zoom.us/j/4148384548
Systems Analysis Laboratory
Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis
Aalto University School of Science

Abstract

The electricity industry, policymakers, and regulators are grappling with decarbonizing electricity systems. Decarbonization will yield significant changes in how electricity systems are planned and operated and will require policy and market-design reforms. This talk will survey these changes as well as the major challenge of achieving the final 10%-20% of decarbonization (relative to a business-as-usual benchmark). 

Bio

Ramteen Sioshansi is a professor in Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He serves also as the director of the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center and is a faculty affiliate of Carnegie Mellon Scott Institute for Energy Innovation.

Prior to joining CMU, Sioshansi was a professor in the Department of Integrated Systems Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, founding director of the EmPOWERment National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program, and an associate fellow in the Center for Automotive Research at The Ohio State University.

His research focuses on the integration of advanced energy technologies, including renewable energy, energy storage, and electric transportation, into energy systems. He works also in energy policy and electricity-market design, especially as they pertain to advanced energy technologies. He is an IEEE Fellow and served three two-year terms on the Electricity Advisory Committee, a federal advisory committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and chaired its Energy Storage (Technologies) Subcommittee.

Website: https://www.ece.cmu.edu/directory/bios/Ramteen%20Sioshansi.html 

Participation

This event will be arranged in Aalto University Hall U7 PWC (U135a), Otakaari 1, Espoo and is open to all interested participants. The lecture will last about 45 minutes, followed by questions and discussions.

At 12:00 - 15:00 (Finnish time) on 25 April 2025, Prof. Sioshansi will be the official opponent in the public defence of Tuomas Rintamäki's doctoral dissertation entitled "Optimization and time-series models for large-scale integration of variable renewable energy sources". The defence will be held in Lecture Hall H304 (Otakaari 1).

Aalto Systems Forum

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