News Digest Item
22 Aug 2016

“Photovoltaic tenders – only 19 out of 122 successful projects realised”

pv magazine

Out of 650 megawatts of ground-mounted photovoltaic projects tendered since 2015, 100 megawatts have so far been realised, pv magazine writes. After obtaining detailed information on Germany’s pilot PV auctions from the Federal Network Agency (BnetzA), the magazine said 19 out of 122 successful bids had now applied for support. From the first round of auctions held in April 2015, 5 out of 25 successful projects have been completed. Project developers have two years to realise their projects. The BNetzA says no significant results can be drawn from the numbers so far and is expecting a “dash” to complete projects before the time limit ends.

Read the article in German here.

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