Company

An independent infrastructure developer, built to an international standard

Founded in Helsinki in 2022. We know how the Finnish system moves, and we carry projects through to investment readiness.

Who we are

The same people who run the firm carry each project from the first site visit to investment readiness

Our founders come from strategy, finance, law, public administration and energy. We are entrepreneurial and involved at every stage: we go to the sites, sit down with landowners and carry the permitting.

The people you meet are the people who do the work, the same from first conversation to delivery, equally at home with local stakeholders and international capital.

How we started

Since 2022

We were built around one gap in Finland's energy transition

International capital was ready; build-ready projects were scarce. Will & Must was founded in 2022 to close that gap from the side of local execution, not engineering. The name reflects our starting point: the will to build, and the urgency to do it now.

We began with utility-scale solar, where the need for capable local partners was clearest, and have since expanded into battery storage and data-centre sites. In 2024 we published a cooperation with FRV, one of the world's leading renewables developers and operators, to take Finnish solar projects toward ready-to-build.

Today the team, supported by a network of specialists, develops production, storage and consumption projects across Finland.

The team

Matti Parpala
Matti Parpala
Managing Director · Co-founder
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Anssi Voipio
Anssi Voipio
Director · Co-founder
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Mikke Vepsäläinen
Mikke Vepsäläinen
Director · Co-founder
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Adele Halttunen
Adele Halttunen
Senior Project Manager
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Antti Illikainen
Antti Illikainen
Land Acquisition Manager
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How we are built

Principals

The same people carry each project from start to finish. They walk the sites and meet the landowners.

Specialist network

We commission the detailed studies and technical design from specialist partners chosen project by project.

Efficient model

A small senior team keeps overhead low and capital in the projects.

Broad pipeline

Our pipeline has grown to around 1.5 GW across three asset types.

Partners

We work with international investors, developers and operators on individual projects, alongside an established network of Finnish specialists. On part of the solar portfolio we work with FRV; you can read FRV's announcement.