Only two bidders at Lithuania's first offshore wind tender

Only two bidders have submitted documents to Lithuania’s National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) in the country’s first offshore wind tender.

The successful bidder will be announced around the beginning of September, the Eastern European country’s energy ministry said.

The tender is the first of two subsidy-free auctions to build a 700MW wind farm in the Baltic Sea. A second auction is planned for autumn of this year.