Germany’s grid regulator BNetzA has awarded 667MW of grid capacity to 86 winning bids in the country’s latest onshore wind auction.
The average price was €61.16 per megawatt-hour, higher than the €57.30 in May and the €47.30/MWh in February.
BNetzA said: “The auction was not undersubscribed but the rising average strike price reflects the low competitive pressure.
“The rising support price in the last round might have provided an incentive to developers to participate in the auction round.”
Successful developers include BayWa, EnBW, Enercon, EWE, Juwi, Looft-Schmidt Projekte Erneuerbarer Energien, Naturstrom AG, Uhl Windkraft, and Windwärts Energie. The Reußenköge community project secured capacity for 12 turbines.
Successful bids ranged from €40/MWh to €63/MWh.
Developers submitted 91 bids with a total volume of 709MW. Five bids with a cumulative capacity of 42MW were excluded from the auction due to procedural issues, BNetzA said.
Last year’s privileges for community projects, such as the ability to participate in tenders before being granted a construction licence, are suspended for this year’s auctions.
Twenty-three bids totalling 136MW are located in Brandenburg, followed by North-Rhine Westphalia with 12 bids with combined capacity of 100MW and Schleswig-Holstein with 16 bids with a combined capacity of 95MW.
Image: a range of companies were successful in the latest round (BayWa)
Prices rise in German auction
By EBS