The National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has temporarily suspended the procedures for the second offshore wind farm development tender. The Council made this decision at today’s meeting in response to last week’s decision by the Government to temporarily suspend the tender procedures and resume them on October 6. Once the tender is resumed, documents may be submitted until October 7 inclusive, for a total of two days.
NERC also amended the resolution governing the tender. The amended NERC resolution was supplemented with a provision stipulating that, following the suspension of the tender procedures by the Government’s resolution of September 6, 2025, applications to participate in the tender, tender documents, and bids will not be accepted within the deadlines specified in the terms and conditions.
Also, taking into account the Government’s decision to resume the tender procedures from October 6, the deadlines specified in the terms and conditions will be adjusted accordingly. This means that after the tender procedures are resumed on October 6, the tender will continue under the same conditions. In order to maintain the 90-day deadline for tender participants to submit their documents, two days will be allocated for this after the tender is resumed, namely October 6 and 7 inclusive.
The Renewable Energy Sources Act stipulates that the Government shall decide on the organization of this competition and set its dates. VERT implements the provisions of this Act and related Government resolutions.
Following a government decision on June 9, NERC announced a renewed tender for the development of an offshore wind farm. This is the second tender aimed at selecting developers for a 700-megawatt offshore wind farm.
NERC is responsible for organizing the tender and selecting the winner (preparing the terms of reference, organizing the committee’s work, and making the decision on the winner). The Tender Committee consists of two representatives from NERC and one representative delegated by each of the following: Ministry of Energy, the Competition Council, the Lithuanian Energy Agency, Vilnius University and Kaunas University of Technology.
This offshore wind farm project will be developed in an area of approximately 136 km² and will be located about 30 km from the coast. It is estimated that offshore wind farms will meet up to half of Lithuania’s electricity needs and reduce the country’s dependence on electricity imports.
Preparatory works for offshore wind farm development and related infrastructure No. 03-004-P-0001
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