Elina Kärkimaa
Director, Engineering
Profile
Elina is a highly motivated energy business professional with 12+ years in renewables. She is eager to develop projects, systems and processes for faster and more successful energy transition.
Equipped with a strong technical background and vast experience from the energy sector, she excels in understanding the customer point of view, bringing new ideas and tailoring the services to match the needs. She has very high analytical skills, and she is highly driven by delivering results.
Elina has a great ability to see what is important and what is not necessary. Leading the team towards higher performance and helping every individual to grow within their domain gives her sparks in her daily work.
Education
2010-2014 M.Sc (Tech.) (with dist.) n in Engineering Physics / Energy Sciences
Aalto University
2013-2014 Energy studies and work psychology in Technical University of Denmark
Key References
Solar portfolio feasibility assessment FI & SE ~3GW
Ilmatar, 2024
Fully permitted solar projects in FI > 1GW
Ilmatar, 2023-2024
Solar Coalition and Solar Power Committee member
Renewables Finland, 1/2024 –
Tech lead for 10 MW B2B solar project in Finland
Fortum, 2018
Quality assurance and technology selections for global solar projects ~500MW
Fortum, 2014-2021
Work Experience
2025 –
Director, Engineering, Etha Oy
2023 – 2024
Head of Solar Engineering, Ilmatar Energy Oy
Team Leader, Project Development for Onshore Wind, Solar, BESS
2014 -2023
Manager, Solar Development, Fortum Oyj
Innovation Manager, Renewables & Energy Transition
Solar Technology Expert
Solar Business Developer in several markets
2012 – 2012
Researcher, solar cells & hydrogen, Aalto University, Technical Univ. of Denmark