Latvia’s maritime spatial planning document for 2030 defines five priority research areas for offshore wind farms covering 1,648.76 km² (~6% of the country’s maritime territory). However, these areas have not been officially granted the status of renewables acceleration areas, as required by the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III). As a result, developers have access to geospatial areas. Still, these do not yet provide for accelerated permit procedures or environmental impact assessment facilitations, as required for in RED III within the framework of renewables acceleration areas.
See Maritime Spatial Plan 2030; Interim Assessment of the Maritime Spatial Plan 2030 2019-2030)