670 MW onshore wind capacity awarded in Germany
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Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has announced that it has awarded 670 MW capacity to developers that participated in the country's third onshore wind tender.
91 bids representing a total 709 MW capacity were submitted to the tender, which was launched in July. The average value of the bids submitted is EUR61.6 (US$70.5) per MWh, though bids as low as EUR40 (US$45.8) per MWh were submitted.
This is an increase from the agency's two previous tenders, with bids submitted in February and May 2018 averaging EUR47.3 (US$54.1) per MWh and EUR57.3 (US$65.6) per MWh, respectively.
Bundesnetzagentur commented that the higher bid value reflects the still rather weak competitive pressure. At the same time, a greater number of bids have been submitted than the previous two rounds, indicating increasing demand for capacity by developers.
Those successful in this tender include BayWa r.e. and BOREAS, which both won two projects; Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW), Enercon, EWE, and Juwi, which won three projects. Bundesnetzagentur has not disclosed the generation capacity of the projects awarded.
136 MW of the capacity awarded is to be installed in Brandenburg, a north-eastern state which surrounds Berlin, while 100 MW will be installed in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state, located in the west, and 95 MW in Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state. Bundesnetzagentur has stressed that the popularity of these three states is coincidental - the location of the projects submitted did not impact the award decision.
The agency has already launched its next onshore wind tender. Another 670 MW are available for allocation, with a maximum eligible bid value of EUR63 (US$72.1) per MWh. The bid submission date is 1 October 2018.
Perhaps to even the distribution of projects around the country, Bundesnetzagentur will not award more than 311,271 kW capacity proposed to be installed in the grid development area, which covers substantial parts of Northern Germany.
The authority is also tendering 182.5 MW solar power on the same date. The maximum bid value is EUR87.5 (US$100.1) per MWh.
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