Germany's grid agency launches 2018 wind & solar tenders
Federal Grid Agency (BNetzA)
Germany’s grid agency (BNetzA) has launched the first 2018 onshore wind and solar tenders. In a change to previous auctions, all onshore wind projects now need to have a planning permission to place a bid, the agency said in a press release. Citizen cooperatives had been exempt from this requirement, which had triggered accusations of unfair competition. Bids are due by 1 February 2018 and must not exceed 6.3 cents per kilowatt-hour in the onshore wind auction and 8.84 ct/kWh in the solar auction.
Read the press release in German here.
Find plenty of background in the factsheet High hopes and concerns over onshore wind power auctions.
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