Taylor Hopkinson has been awarded the contract to supply geophysical Client Representatives for ELWIND – a joint Estonian-Latvian state-run cross-border offshore wind project aiming to raise energy independence in the region by increasing production of green energy and improving transnational electricity connectivity.
The offshore wind project is expected to accommodate 20 to 100 turbines, generating between 400 and 1,000MW of renewables capacity, and will establish a fourth electricity interconnector between the two countries.
The geophysical survey campaign, valued at approximately €3.66 million, began in September 2025 and is running for around two months.
Taylor Hopkinson specialists will act as Client Representatives to the project developers, Estonia’s Environmental Investment Centre and the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, during the surveys, ensuring quality assurance, safety oversight, and compliance with industry standards.
The surveys will deliver high-resolution bathymetric and seismo-acoustic data, enabling the creation of a detailed ground model for ELWIND. This will identify potential hazards such as rocks, wrecks, unexploded ordnance, and chemical warfare remnants, while also providing environmental baseline data on sediment characterisation and benthic habitats. The findings will de-risk future geotechnical campaigns and guide concept-phase engineering and design.
“We’re delighted to supply Client Representatives to support the ELWIND survey campaign and the project’s development timeline” says Lucia Noble, Head of Offshore Wind and Subsea Cables at Taylor Hopkinson. “Being part of this pioneering cross-border offshore wind development in the Baltic is exciting, and we’re happy that our Offshore Wind Contracts team will help build the strong foundations needed for the project to succeed and be an important part of the energy transition in the region.
“Our long-standing collaboration with the survey providers on offshore cable, interconnector, and HVDC projects demonstrates the value of specialist expertise in ensuring offshore wind surveys are delivered safely and to the highest standards, and we look forward to collaborating with them again on ELWIND.”
“ELWIND is a strategic step forward in diversifying and strengthening the Baltic Sea’s renewable energy future,” says Siim Nirgi, ELWIND Technical Project Manager at Estonia’s Environmental Investment Centre. “By bringing together the survey provider’s technical expertise with Taylor Hopkinson’s highly skilled Client Representatives, we are confident the survey campaign will provide the knowledge and assurance required to move this ambitious cross-border project successfully into its next phase.”
The award reinforces Taylor Hopkinson’s position as a global leader in workforce solutions for offshore wind, providing specialists and mobility support to some of the world’s most ambitious renewable energy projects from the early development stage through to commissioning and operations.
