Wind Energy – Lavia-Estonia
The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) has approved a EUR 18.7 million co-funding for ELWIND, a 1 GW Latvia-Estonia cross-border offshore wind project.
The co-funding is said to enable research to determine the environmental impact of the Latvian-Estonian ELWIND offshore wind farm sites and to plan the transmission network cross-border connections and connections between the wind farm and the onshore transmission lines.
Technical studies will also be conducted to analyse the bed characteristics, water depth, wind, and wave measurements and to design the optimal location of the wind farm and electricity transmission infrastructure, said the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA).
The research is scheduled to start this year and will last until 2026.
In the meantime a call for tender has been announced for the preparation of documentation for pre-development studies. Interested parties are invited to submit their offers before the deadline of July 28, 10 AM (EET).
