Estonia Offshore Wind DevCo OÜ, Deep Wind Offshore AS and OÜ Utilitas Wind submitted their competing application for the Saare 2.1, Saare 2.2 and Saare 3 areas. Sunly Wind OÜ, a first-time applicant, is also competing for the Saare 3 area.
The CPTRA verifies the compliance of all submitted competing applications with the provisions of the Building Code and then refers them to the relevant state authorities for an opinion. After receiving feedback from state authorities, the CPTRA evaluates competing applications in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the law. An auction is held with applications that meet the requirements no later than 60 days after the results of the assessment of applications have been confirmed. The auctions for Saare 2.1, Saare 2.2 and Saare 3 will presumably take place in June 2024.
The starting price of an auction for encumbering a public water body with a wind power plant is 15,000 euros per square kilometre. The size of the Saare 2.1 area is approximately 163.8 km² and the starting price for this area is €2,457,000, the size of the Saare 2.2 area is approximately 88.5 km² and its starting price is approximately €1,327,500, and the size of the Saare 3 area is 20.1 km² and its starting price is €301,500. The winner of the auction is the participant who made the highest bid and paid that amount, and the proceedings for a superficies licence and environmental impact assessment will commence no later than within 90 days from the announcement of the winner of the auction.
After the commencement of the proceedings, the applicant together with the expert group will prepare an environmental impact assessment programme, followed by the preparation of studies and an environmental impact assessment report. The licence proceedings end with the CPTRA’s decision on granting a superficies licence.
