The screening procedures for the environmental impact assessment of the potential project were finalised in November 2024. The Environmental Protection Agency has decided that these operations do not need the environmental impact assessment, according to the port.
Last month, the country suspended the tender process for the second offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea to re-evaluate the conditions and minimise the impact on electricity prices for consumers.
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The Lithuanian government held the auction, the country’s first for an offshore wind project, in 2023. In July, the government provisionally selected the joint venture between Ocean Winds and Ignitis Renewables. Three months later, it officially confirmed the joint venture as the developer of Lithuania’s first offshore wind farm.
The country plans to have two offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 1.4 GW.
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Lithuania’s Klaipėda Port Authority has commenced the construction of the infrastructure for the offshore wind projects, signing a contract for the reconstruction of quays on Smeltė peninsula. UAB Tilsta has been contracted to reconstruct the quays at the former International Ferry Port. As the reco
