Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment

FarmEnergy

Rural energy community

The FarmEnergy Community is used to promote distributed energy production, for example by using solar panels and biogas. This will result in a balance of electricity production and consumption, as well as savings in the electricity bill. 

The project demonstrates the operation of the rural energy community

Rural energy community

The FarmEnergy project aims to demonstrate the benefits of the activities of the energy community to the community itself as well as to other parties such as distribution system operators.

The FarmEnergy project creates the conditions and demonstrates the operation of the rural energy community. As a result, dimensioning programs for dimensioning solar power plants and energy storages in the energy community will be created, and a trading program based on blockchain technology will be created for the energy community’s internal energy trade. The project brings out the benefits of farm energy communities to all parties. These advantages and the entire operating concept are shown to be profitable with measurement data and calculations, so that even the legislator is convinced of the benefits of energy communities that cross property boundaries.

The measures of the projects

The implementation of the measures of the FarmEnergy project is divided into six work packages (WP):

  • WP 1. Forming a virtual energy community
  • WP 2. Creating a trading platform for the energy community
  • WP 3. Tariff structure development opportunities
  • WP 4. Simulation in a decentralized energy community
  • WP 5. Communication and implementation of results in the field
  • WP 6. Project management and steering group work

The results of the project will be published in the publication series of South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences. The published results are openly and freely available to companies in the agriculture and forestry sector and the energy sector. The projected publication date of the project’s results is December 2024.

The FarmEnergy project is implemented together with rural companies by South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT and Natural Resources Institute Finland Luke.

FarmEnergy in European union eip-agri website

Events and webinars

  • Farmari – agricultural exhibition 4.-6.7.2024 at Seinäjoki
  • The International Conference on European Energy Market EEM24 Conference 10. – 12.6.2024, Istanbul, Turkki (Xamk ja LUT)
  • Vaikuttavaa alkutuotannon kehittämistä -tilaisuus 5.6.2024 Helsinki (Luke)
  • Xamkin ympäristöturvallisuuden ja vesiteknologian tutkimusavauksia webinaari 8.5.2024 Maaseudun virtuaaliset energiayhteisöt
  • Sarkamessut 26.-27.1.2024 Seinäjoki Areena (Luke)
  • Maataloustieteen Päivät 2024 Helsingissä Viikissä 10.-11.1.2024. (Xamk and Luke)
  • Kommunikoiva Energia webinaari 15.11.2023 Kalle Pesonen (Xamk)
  • KoneAgria messut 12.-14.10.2023 Tampereen Messu- ja Urheilukeskuksessa Innovaatiotorillaosasto C101. Recording available: Tallenne Kalle Pesosen puheenvuorosta KoneAgrian messujen päälavalla (kohdasta 23:15) Tallenne Petri Kapuisen haastattelusta Innovaatiotorin lavalla
  • OKRA exhibition 5.-8.7.2023 Oripää (Luke)
  • Xamk Ympäristöturvallisuuden tutkimusryhmän avauksia 25.4.2023 webinaari Kalle Pesonen: ”Farmenergy – maatilojen energiayhteisö”
  • Webinaari: Maaseudun energiayhteisöt ja -ratkaisut 28.11.2022. Juha Korpijärven (Xamk) puheenvuoro: recording
  • Sarka exhibition 27.-28.1.2023 (Luke)
  • Online workshop Network to innovate: Renewable Energy 14th of February 2023. Kalle Pesosen (Xamk) puheenvuoro: recording

Publications

In the media

Experiences and articles

Experience

FarmEnergy project

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Facts

Project name:

FarmEnergy – Rural energy community

Project duration: 1.9.2022–31.12.2024

Info

Lead partner: South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
Partial partners: Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT and Natural Resources Institute Finland Luke
Focus area: Forest environment and energy
Research area: Environmental safety and water technology

Budget

Financier and main source of funding: ELY Centre Häme funded under the Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland 2014 – 2020 (eip agri 2021-22)
Total budget: € 350 000
EU part of the total budget: € 350 000
Xamk part of the total budget: € 200 000

Keywords

Privacy policy (in Finnish)

Project partners

Natural Resources Institute Finland

Contact

Phone
+358503419805
Email
Anna.Dunderfelt@xamk.fi
Social media
Department
Metsä, ympäristö ja energia
Address
Patteristonkatu 2 M, 50100 Mikkeli
Anna Dunderfelt
RDI Specialist
+358503419805
Anna.Dunderfelt@xamk.fi
Social media
Phone
+358503125060
Email
Juha.Korpijarvi@xamk.fi
Department
Sähkö-, talo- ja biotuotetekniikan koulutusyksikkö
Juha Korpijärvi
Principal Lecturer
+358503125060
Juha.Korpijarvi@xamk.fi
Phone
+358505974937
Email
Kalle.Pesonen@xamk.fi
Department
Sähkö-, talo- ja biotuotetekniikan koulutusyksikkö
Kalle Pesonen
Senior Lecturer
+358505974937
Kalle.Pesonen@xamk.fi