From pv journal Germany
Germany’s Federal Community Company (Bundesnetzagentur) has allotted 1,952 MW of PV capability within the nation’s first tender for utility-scale photo voltaic this 12 months. The capability was assigned to 245 bids and barely exceeded the 1,950 MW that the Bundesnetzagentur deliberate to allocate. The tender was closely oversubscribed, with 347 undertaking proposals totaling 2,869 MW.
The company set a ceiling value of €0.0737 ($0.081)/kWh for the public sale. The ultimate common value reached €0.0703/kWh, with ultimate costs starting from €0.0529/kWh and €0.0730/kWh.
The southern state of Bavaria obtained the most important share of allotted capability with 845 MW, adopted by Brandenburg with 223 MW and Rhineland-Palatinate with 163 MW.
The Bundesnetzagentur additionally revealed that about 851 MW has been assigned for arable land and grassland initiatives in poor areas. One other 755 MW has been offered for PV initiatives on motorways and railways, it mentioned.
“For the primary time since June 2022, the quantity of bids acquired considerably exceeded the quantity of deliberate capability,” mentioned Klaus Müller, the president of the Bundesnetzagentur. “By no means earlier than have so many bids been submitted to such a young by the Federal Community Company. It’s now a matter of sustaining this excessive degree of bids to keep up the required growth in the long run.
The company allotted 609 MW of photo voltaic capability within the earlier large-scale PV tender. It was undersubscribed and closed at a ultimate common value of €0.0580/kWh, a slight improve from €0.0510/kWh within the final spherical of purchases. Bids vary from €0.0520/kWh to €0.0590/kWh.
The Bundesnetzagentur will maintain the following tender for ground-mounted PV on July 1. It says it hopes to allocate 1,611 MW. It mentioned it’ll additionally settle for undertaking proposals for photo voltaic vegetation with a capability of as much as 100 MW for the primary time.
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