Today, 25 April 2024, at the largest wind energy conference in the Baltics "WindWorks", leading Dutch offshore wind farm and port construction company "Van Oord" announced an agreement with the international port operator "Euroports" and the steelstructure manufacturer "Smulders" to create a consortium for joint development of an offshore wind and heavy lift terminal in the Port of Liepaja.

On April 22, 2024, the regular meeting of the Liepaja Special Economic Zone (Liepaja SEZ) Board was held, where five issues related to the conclusion and mortgaging of real estate contracts were considered and supported.

In order to create further added value to the wind farm energy, Norwegian, Swedish, and Latvian companies have established a joint project management team SIA "CIS Liepaja", to conduct the necessary research and to build a renewable energy complex "Power to X terminal in the Port of Liepaja", including a hydrogen production plant and the port terminal by 2030.

During her working visit to Liepaja on 5 April, Evika Siliņa, the Prime Minister of Latvia highly appreciated the city’s achievements, recognizing that Liepaja has set itself on a steady development path, which needs to be continued by supporting investor projects, eliminating red tape, which squashes initiative, strengthening competitive education, and last but not least - supporting the plans of the National Armed Forces (NBS) to develop their military facilities the Port of Liepaja.

From March 20 - 22, the Liepaja SEZ CEO Uldis Hmieļevskis is participating in WindEurope’s annual on- and offshore wind energy event in Bilbao, Spain, for a three-day conference and exhibition, participating at the WindEurope working group for ports in particular to be involved in the strategic discussions with regard to the overall wind industry policies and positions.

In order to promote the development of the offshore wind energy industry in the Baltic Sea, one of the leading companies in the industry - Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors B.V. (Van Oord) plans to create a world-class offshore wind farm support base and an oversized cargo terminal in the Port of Liepaja. The aforementioned project is stipulated by the reservation agreement, as concluded between Van Oord and the Liepaja Special Economic Zone (Liepaja SEZ) Authority.