Germany’s Federal Network Agency has awarded 4GW of capacity in its latest onshore wind tender.
A total of 506 bids were submitted to the oversubscribed tender on 1 February, representing a bid volume of 4.9GW.
In total, 422 bids with a hammer price of 4GW were awarded. Six bids had to be excluded from the award procedure.
Federal Network Agency president Klaus Müller said: “Fortunately, the trend towards oversubscribed bidding dates is also continuing in the wind energy sector.
“Competition enables low award values. This is good news all round for the expansion of renewables.”
As with the previous tender round in November 2024, the Federal Network Agency had not reduced the tender volume in advance, as the high number of new permits reported had indicated an oversubscription.
The previous round had seen 6GW of bids submitted for the 4GW tender.
Reacting to the results, BWE president Bärbel Heidebroek said: “The awards ensure that the energy policy expansion path is implemented and at the same time provide a strong industrial policy impetus for the entire value chain.
“Experience has shown that surcharges are implemented after an average of 24 months. The upward trend in permits and tenders for onshore wind energy will result in more employment and higher added value in the manufacturer and supply chain.
“It is up to the new federal government to continue this success by ensuring planning security.”
However, the BWE criticised the amount of time between the cut-off date and the announcement of the results as “unacceptable”.
Heidebroek said: “Such long waiting times unnecessarily slow down project implementation.”
Most of the awards (1.3GW) went to North Rhine-Westphalia, followed by Lower Saxony (475MW), Brandenburg (433MW) and Saxony-Anhalt (334MW).