Germany looks for to honor 1.6 GW of solar in new tender round

• Germany's Federal Network Agency has initiated the 2nd round of the ground-mounted solar tender, targeting projects with an incorporated capacity of 1.61 GW.

Bids for ground-mounted solar parks as well as solar plants on structural systems that are neither buildings nor noise barriers will certainly be accepted by July 3, the regulatory authority claimed recently. The maximum value for the round is evaluated EUR 0.0737 (USD 0.079) per kWh. The competition is structured under the pay-as-bid model.

The preliminary of the auction for this year garnered considerable interest. The Federal Network Agency targeted 1.95 GW of capacity as well as got proposals with an integrated capacity of 2.86 GW, symbolizing restored interest in the tender.

Generally, Germany intends to assign an overall of 5.85 GW of capacity in this classification in 2023, divided into 3 calls. The last one is prepared for December 1.