Kari, Joonas

Network Engineer
Energy Authority
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCEEnergy Authority, Networks, Network Engineer, Helsinki (2018- ) Energy Authority regulates and promotes operation of the electricity and gas markets, emission reductions, energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy.
  • - I started as a summer intern and continued as a master’s thesis worker.
  • - After graduation to Master of Science, I started as a network engineer.
  • - My main areas of responsibilities include technical key figures, Quality of Supply
  • - incentive and GIS (geographic information system) related work.
  • - My duties also include a wide variety of other topics in the field of regulation of natural gas and electricity system operators.
RELEVANT STUDIESDoctoral researcher, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland, 2024- (Väitöskirjatutkija)
  • - Doctoral Programme of Computing and Electrical Engineering
  • - My research interests lie in the field of electricity distribution system operators (DSOs), specifically focusing on their operating environments. Additionally, I am interested in what further data analysis of these environments reveals about the operators themselves and how regulation should be integrated into this context.
Master of Science (Technology), Tampere University, Tampere, Finland, 2019 (Diplomi-insinööri)
  • - Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering
  • - Major: Power Systems and Market. Minor: Power Electronics.
  • - The topic of master’s thesis: Utilization of clustering in the supervision of Finnish electricity distribution system operators (in Finnish) Bachelor of Science (Technology), Tampere University of technology, Tampere, Finland, 2013-2017 (Tekniikan kandidaatti)
  • - The topic of bachelor’s thesis: Battery storage as part of Finnish household level electricity system and its impacts (in Finnish)
PUBLICATIONS
  • SEPPÄLÄ, J. KARI, J. MUTANEN, A. JÄRVENTAUSTA, P (2021). METHODS FOR STUDYING THE STEERING EFFECTS OF SUPPLY REGULATION. CIRED, THE 26TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION ON ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION, 20-23.9.2021. DOI: HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1049/ICP.2021.1532.