Photovoltaic projects took all the capacity on offer in Germany’s latest joint solar and onshore wind auction, with no bids received for the latter technology.
A total of 202.5MW was awarded to 37 solar projects, out of a total of 103 bids with a combined capacity of over 514MW, according to the network agency BnetZ.
Bid prices ranged from €48.8 a megawatt-hour to €57.4/MWh, with the average price at €54.0/MWh.
The average prices was above the €49.0/MWh achieved in the last solar specific tender, BnetZ said.
Twenty of the winning bidding bids with a combined capacity over 76MW were in the region of Bavaria, five totalling almost 34MW in Rhineland-Palatinate and four totalling 31.5MW in Schleswig-Holstein.
Projects were also successful in Baden-Wurttemberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg and Hesse.
BnetZ said 13 bids totalling over 86MW were excluded because of application form errors.
“Not a single bid for the construction of wind turbines on land – the fatal development continues for the energy transition,” said industry group Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft.
It added that the government’s new plans for the onshore wind would not work, particularly a new 1000-metre distance ruling for the siting of turbines.
Germany also awarded almost 57MW to 50 biomass projects in a separate auction.
The next technology-specific auctions for onshore wind and solar will be held on 1 December, BnetZ said.