Latvia and Estonia Hybrid Offshore interconnector [currently known as 'Elwind']
18 February 2025
Positive
Project advancing - milestone achieved
Medium Impact
Significant progress or notable issue
On 18 February 2025, during a Cabinet of Ministers meeting, the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA) reported that, together with the Estonian Environmental Investment Center, it was actively running procurements for ELWIND project studies, with proposals already evaluated for bird and bat surveys and additional research procurements announced for seals, meteorology, geology, unexploded ordnance, and archaeological investigations to support development of the cross‑border offshore wind areas and the planned fourth Estonia–Latvia electricity interconnection.