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Niina Helistö joined VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in 2011. She received her M.Sc. degree and PhD degree in electrical engineering at Aalto University, Finland in 2012 and 2024, respectively. Her research interests include power system analysis, electricity market modelling and planning of energy system investments.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctorate, Aalto University
… → 2024
Master, Aalto University
… → 2012
Bachelor, Aalto University
2007 → 2011
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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SolarCarbon: Solar power on cutaway peatlands - combining renewable energy generation and soil carbon sequestration
Rasku, T. (Manager), Helistö, N. (CoPI) & Tupala, A. (Participant)
1/01/26 → 31/12/29
Project: Research Council of Finland
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MOPO: Comprehensive, fast, user-friendly and thoroughly validated open-source energy system planning framework
Kiviluoma, J. (PI), Helistö, N. (PI), Rasku, T. (Participant), Soininen, A. (Participant), Savolainen, P. T. (Participant), Ikäheimo, J. (Participant), Putkonen, N. (Participant), Louis, J.-N. (Participant) & Gutierrez, A. W. (Participant)
1/01/23 → 31/12/26
Project: EU project
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TradeRES: New Markets Design & Models for 100% Renewable Power Systems
Helistö, N. (Manager), Kiviluoma, J. (Manager), Harrison, E. (Participant), Soininen, A. (Participant), Savolainen, P. T. (Participant), Similä, L. (Participant), Koreneff, G. (Participant), Rinne, E. (Participant), Rasku, T. (Participant) & Putkonen, N. (Participant)
1/02/20 → 30/11/24
Project: EU project
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EL-TRAN: Transition to a Resource Efficient and Climate Neutral Electricity System
Rinne, E. (Participant), Kiviluoma, J. (Manager), Helistö, N. (Participant), Holttinen, H. (Participant) & Pursiheimo, E. (Participant)
1/05/15 → 30/04/21
Project: Research Council of Finland
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VaGe: Improving the value of variable and uncertain power generation in energy systems
Rinne, E. (Participant), Kiviluoma, J. (Participant), Holttinen, H. (PI), Miettinen, J. J. (Participant), Helistö, N. (Participant) & Reittu, H. (Participant)
1/01/15 → 31/12/18
Project: Research Council of Finland
Research output
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From electricity to economy-wide Net-Zero: Comparative analysis of global energy pathways
Rabiee, A., Nikkhah, S., Salehi, D., Holttinen, H., Helistö, N., Göransson, L., Koivisto, M. J. & Yasuda, Y., May 2026, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 231, 116771.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Does the difference make a difference? Evaluating Contracts for Difference design in a fully decarbonised European electricity market
Johanndeiter, S., Helistö, N. & Bertsch, V., Aug 2025, In: Resource and Energy Economics. 83, 101495.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Price formation and intersectoral distributional effects in a fully decarbonised European electricity market
Johanndeiter, S., Helistö, N., Kiviluoma, J. & Bertsch, V., Dec 2025, In: Advances in Applied Energy. 20, 100245.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Synergies and trade-offs between storage, transmission, and sector coupling in high renewable energy systems
Yamujala, S., Koivisto, M., Korpås, M., McPherson, M., Helistö, N., Lew, D., Tejada-Arango, D., Morales-España, G., Flynn, D., Frew, B., Heggarty, T., Kiviluoma, J. & Holttinen, H., 15 Oct 2025, In: Energy. 334, 137701.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Accelerating wind power investments through lower financing costs
Helistö, N., Johanndeiter, S. & Kiviluoma, J., 2024, In: IET Conference Proceedings. p. 187-193 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article in a proceedings journal › Scientific
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