Lithuania’s second tender for a 700-megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea has been deemed invalid after only one bidder submitted an application by the final deadline, the National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) said.
Applications for the tender were accepted between 9 June and 8 September 2025, with a brief government-mandated suspension before the process resumed on 6 October and closed on 7 October. Despite the extension, only one participant — Ignitis Group — submitted a bid.
Under Article 22(10) of Lithuania’s Law on Renewable Energy, a tender is considered not to have taken place if fewer than two participants apply.
“The tender committee has proposed that the council formally confirm the process as not having taken place at its next meeting,” NERC said in a statement.
Ignitis confirmed its participation through its subsidiary, UAB Ignitis renewables projektai 5, a company fully owned by UAB Ignitis renewables.
The tender offered developers the option to either pay a development fee or apply for State support via a two-way Contract for Difference (CfD), within a set range of €75.45 to €125.74 per megawatt hour. The CfD support is partially indexed until a generation permit is issued, for a period not exceeding eight years from the receipt of development and operation permits.
NERC said the decision to launch a new tender will rest with the Lithuanian government. The regulator, which oversees the process, is responsible for setting tender conditions, selecting the winner, and validating the results.
The tender committee comprises representatives from NERC, the Ministry of Energy, the Competition Council, the Lithuanian Energy Agency, Vilnius University, and Kaunas University of Technology.
The failed tender was part of Lithuania’s wider strategy to develop offshore wind capacity as it seeks to increase domestic renewable energy generation and reduce reliance on energy imports.
