'This will generate more interest' | Lithuania scraps negative bidding from offshore wind tender

The wind sector is more upbeat about Lithuania’s second 700MW offshore wind tender after the government abstained from using a negative bidding component again.

A first tender also for 700MW had been won provisionally by the Engie-EDPR tie up Ocean Winds with their Lithuanian partner Ignitis Group after the consortium had pledged to pay a €20m ($22m) ‘development fee’ for a site at some 30–36km from Lithuania’s coast.