Ilmatar Offshore plans to develop, construct, manage and operate large-scale offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Bothnia.
The company Ilmatar Offshore was founded in 2022 as an Åland-based subsidiary of the Nordic energy company Ilmatar Energy. Our aim is to contribute to future energy solutions by ensuring that more clean, renewable energy is produced in offshore wind farms. The current decade offers a pivotal window of time for curbing the climate crisis, and wind energy plays a key role in the transition to clean energy.
Clean and renewable energy produced by offshore wind farms is key for future energy systems.
Ilmatar Offshore’s production parks for green energy are built without grants or government subsidies. Our long-term business model encompasses the entire energy journey, from planning and construction to ownership and management, operation, and selling the produced energy. This model enables us to become integrated within the local community and to create value for as many businesses and other parties as possible.
Our first project is located in the Sea of Åland north of the Åland Islands. Other current offshore wind farms are being developed in Finnish territorial waters as well as in exclusive economic zones (EEZ).
Ilmatar Offshore has its main offices on the Åland Islands, which offer the ideal setting for large-scale offshore wind energy production. From here, we lead Ilmatar’s offshore operations along the entire Gulf of Bothnia.
The Åland Islands offshore project is now underway, with ambitious offshore plans where vast sea areas have been identified as suitable for energy production. As a region, Åland has a long tradition and specialized competence within seafaring and other forms of sea entrepreneurship and provides the ideal setting for developing new offshore wind energy solutions.
Together with the local community, our aim is to ensure that our wind energy projects create as much value as possible for the local economy.
Ilmatar’s strong local presence and responsive, long-term business model allow the local authorities and community to impact the large-scale production of renewable zero-emission energy – energy to be proud of.
Ilmatar Energy is a Nordic energy company and an independent power producer in Finland. Founded in Finland in 2011, the company is one of the largest and fastest-growing actors in the arena of Nordic green energy.
In 2011, Ilmatar began its journey with a strong vision of producing sustainable wind energy, a renewable, zero-emission energy source. Company founders Mikko Toivanen and Kalle Pykälä wanted to join in the efforts to create a new world, much like the mythical goddess Ilmatar in the Finnish epic folk tale Kalevala.
In 2019, Ilmatar left its classic project developer profile and expanded its vision through a new strategy. Our current goal is to own and operate one of the world’s largest renewable energy production capacities in Finland and the rest of the Nordics.
Together, we can expand and accelerate the transition towards fossil free energy systems in the Nordics.
Since 2019, Ilmatar has grown into a full-scale energy company that develops, builds and operates land-based wind parks. In addition, the company plans and develops offshore wind farms, large-scale solar parks and facilities for energy storing and hydrogen gas production in Finland, Sweden, and the Åland Islands. Ilmatar is also an independent power producer (IPP) on the Finnish power market and sells electricity directly to private customers and businesses.
The driving force of Ilmatar is to keep cutting edge. For us, clean and renewable energy is more than a commodity. The transition towards clean energy is crucial for mitigating climate change. Energy production must be emission-free and thoroughly sustainable. We strive to spearhead this transition and to rewrite the rules for long-term value creation on the local and the national level.
Ilmatar is still owned by its founders Mikko Toivanen and Kalle Pykälä together with private investors and funds managed by Omnes Capital. Ilmatar Energy Group comprises several development companies as well as Ilmatar Service Ltd, which manages the technical and commercial operations of the wind parks.
Large-scale green energy production is a capital-intensive line of business. Thanks to long-term proactive collaboration with international investors, Ilmatar Energy has access to structured capital and expert competence for the financing of renewable energy. From a financial point of view, our potential for future growth is secured through our partnership with Omnes Capital and the European Investment Bank (EIB), one of the world’s largest supranational credit providers. Projects financed by EIB shall further the political goals of the EU as well as the provisions of the Paris Climate Agreement.
Our vision for change involves not only how energy is produced, but also how it is consumed. We are engaged at every stage of the journey, from planning and development to selling the produced energy. This way, we want to facilitate change even beyond our own activities and make it easy for consumers to choose green energy.
Project development within green energy.
Solar power, land-based and offshore wind power.
Technical and commercial management.
Electricity contracts for private and business clients.
Environment
We strive to continuously decrease our carbon footprint and to minimize the environmental effect of Ilmatar’s project development, construction, and other operations. While it is impossible to reach these goals on our own, we will succeed through a network of collaborations.
Financial responsibility
We are a productive and profitable company with a responsible tax policy, sound management practices, and a strict anti-corruption policy.
Climate change
When it comes to climate change mitigation, our goal is to create one of the leading platforms for renewable energy in the Nordic countries. We make investments and grow in order to increase the amount of accessible clean energy and to make it affordable for consumers and industry alike.
Clients and employees
For us, content and qualified employees and partners are a guarantee of success. Ilmatar Offshore is an equal, encouraging and fair employer. Our goal is to engage competent and committed employees and foster good relations with clients, stakeholders and business partners.
We have borrowed our company name from the goddess of air, Ilmatar, in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. In the epic saga, Ilmatar lands in the primordial sea and is impregnated by the wind. A scaup flies across the skies and lays an egg on her knee. Out of the egg are born the sun, the earth, the heavens, the moon and the stars.
Like Ilmatar, we hope to create a new world – a world where we can live with nature instead of against it.
We have borrowed our company name from the goddess of air, Ilmatar, in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. In the epic saga, Ilmatar lands in the primordial sea and is impregnated by the wind. A scaup flies across the skies and lays an egg on her knee. Out of the egg are born the sun, the earth, the heavens, the moon and the stars.
Like Ilmatar, we hope to create a new world – a world where we can live with nature instead of against it.
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