Offshore projects
Permit procedures
LandPro provides expert services for offshore projects, such as the implementation of pipelines and telecommunication cables in territorial waters and in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone. We have participated in several significant domestic and international projects and have been responsible for successful permit procedures and related necessary cooperation with the authorities.
The permit procedures of offshore projects include an environmental impact assessment (EIA), preparation of permit applications for survey activities as well as for water resource management projects in territorial waters (water permit) and in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ permit). In addition, our services include communication with the authorities and authority notifications during the project.
Offshore wind power project: Ilmatar Offshore
Ilmatar, founded in Finland in 2011, is a Nordic energy company and an independent electricity producer that focuses on renewable energy. In addition to energy production the business is based on the development, construction and maintenance of renewable energy. Ilmatar owns and is responsible for its projects throughout their life cycle, which can last up to 40 years. The combined production capacity of the company’s wind and solar power projects in various stages is over 20 GW.
LandPro is participating in several offshore wind power projects by Ilmatar Offshore, which include wind farm areas of about 500 km² in the Åland Islands (Stormskär and Väderskär) and wind farm areas of about 1000 km² in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone (Vågskär and Bothnia/Bothnia West). Then total design capacity of these projects is about 8 GW. The projects are part of the renewable energy projects and specifically wind power development and construction projects of Ilmatar Offshore.
LandPro is responsible for project management related to the environmental impact assessment, preparation of permit applications in above mentioned project areas in accordance with existing legislation and related authority cooperation. These tasks started in 2022 and continue for the time being.
Image: Ilmatar
Telecommunication cable project: Hamina-Helsinki
The Hamina–Helsinki telecommunication cable project, which was started in 2023, is part of a Terrestrial Backbone Finland (TBF) -project, which aims at the development of a north-south backbone network for telecommunication connections. This new connection promotes optical fibre capacity in the markets, provides fast, low latency telecommunication connections through Finland and integrates significant urban areas.
The total length of the submarine data cable is about 152 km. LandPro is responsible for the preparation of permit applications and environmental studies as well as authority cooperation in the project. The application on the need for applying the EIA procedure in the project was submitted in November 2023 and the water permit application was submitted in late 2023. The water permit decision is expected during 2024 and project construction will tentatively start in 2025.
Telecommunication cable project: Eastern Light
The goal of the Eastern Light project is to develop an international long-distance telecommunication cable network between the most significant data centres and telecommunication hubs in the Baltic Sea area.
LandPro has been involved in the project since 2022 and has been responsible for the preparation of permit applications and environmental studies for the following subprojects in Finland: Hanko–border of Åland region, Helsinki–Tallinn and Hamina–Vihula (Estonia). The total length of the data cable in different subprojects in the Finnish territorial waters and in the Exclusive Economic Zone is about 230 km.
The project started with the preparation of the survey permit applications and the EIA screening study in Finland in early 2022. The water permit and EEZ permit applications will be submitted during 2023-2024. The water permit and EEZ permit decisions are expected during the years 2023-2024, after which project construction can be started.
