In the first separate solar and wind power tenders of 2019 in Germany, solar has beaten wind power once again in terms of interest shown by developers. The Federal Network Agency or Bundesnetzagentur had launched the tender in December 2018 offering 175 MW to solar and 700 MW to wind power (see Germany Launches Separate Wind & Solar Tenders).
The results show an oversubscribed solar power tender that received 80 bids representing a total of 465 MW, as against the 175 MW originally tendered. Finally, the agency awarded 24 bids with 178 MW cumulative capacity, of which 22 projects are in southern German state Bavaria alone.
Bids for solar capacity were capped at €0.0891 ($0.10) per kWh. According to the agency, winning bids ranged between €0.0411 and €0.0518 ($0.047 to $0.059) per kWh. The average awarded bid level was €0.0480 ($0.054) per kWh which means, solar tariffs went up from the last auction in October 2018 when the average winning bid was €0.0469 ($0.054) per kWh (see Germany Awards 192 MW With L1 Bid Of €0.0386/kWh).
E.On, Energiekontor Solar, Enerparc are some of the winners in the tender. Complete list of the winners is available on the agency's website.
Compared to solar, onshore wind didn't do as well as it received only 72 bids for 499 MW capacity even though 700 MW was on offer. Finally, 67 bids totalling 476 MW were selected. Winning tariffs too ranged higher than solar ranging between €0.0524 to €0.0620 ($0.059 to $0.070) per kWh.
The next tender date for solar projects is on March 1, 2019.
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