Estonia’s Client Safety and Technical Regulation Authority (CPTRA) is reviewing ten functions for 3 offshore wind websites west of Saaremaa. The Estonian regulatory physique had already obtained one proposal for every of the three websites and opened a window for competing functions in January this yr.
The ten functions had been submitted by Estonia Offshore Wind DevCo (Ignitis Group), Deep Wind Offshore, and Utilitas Wind for all three websites – Saare 2.1, Saare 2.2 and Saare 3 – and by Sunly Wind for the Saare 3 website.
The CPTRA will now confirm the compliance of the functions with the provisions of the Constructing Code after which refer them to the related state authorities for an opinion. After receiving suggestions from state authorities, the CPTRA will consider competing functions underneath the rules outlined within the legislation.
Purposes that meet the necessities will then transfer to the public sale, which might be held no later than 60 days after the outcomes of the evaluation of functions have been confirmed.
The CPTRA expects to carry the public sale in June 2024.
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The beginning value of an public sale for encumbering a public water physique with a wind energy plant is EUR 15,000 per sq. kilometre, in keeping with the CPTRA. The dimensions of the Saare 2.1 website is roughly 163.8 km² and its beginning value is round EUR 2.5 million, the Saare 2.2 website covers some 88.5 km² and its beginning value is round EUR 1.3 million, whereas the 20.1 km² Saare 3 website can have a beginning value of EUR 301,500.
The winner of the public sale is the best bidder. The proceedings for a superficies licence and environmental affect evaluation (EIA). will begin no later than 90 days from the announcement of the winner of the public sale, the CPTRA says.
In keeping with its press launch from January 2024, when the applying interval was open, the preliminary proposals for every website the CPTRA obtained had been filed by CI NMF Estonia Sea I (Copenhagen Infrastructure Companions), which utilized for an up-to-1.7 GW offshore wind farm within the Saare 2.1 space; Ignitis Renewables, which proposed a 1,040 MW on the Saare 2.2 space; and Sunly Wind which submitted plans for a 149 MW challenge on the Saare 3 website.
On 3 April, following the closing of the deadline for competing proposals, the CPTRA stated that it obtained a complete of ten functions with Estonia Offshore Wind DevCo (Ignitis Group), Deep Wind Offshore, and Utilitas Wind submitting their competing functions for all three websites and with Sunly Wind competing for the Saare 3 space.
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