From pv journal in France
The Fee de régulation de l’énergie (CRE), the French vitality regulator, has revealed the outcomes of the third tender spherical for ground-mounted and business and industrial rooftop installations.
This final spherical of French renewable vitality tenders was not subscribed, with a major improve in ultimate costs. Finergreen, a French consulting firm specializing in renewable vitality, analyzed the most recent outcomes and in contrast them with earlier tender rounds.
“It seems that many bidders did not adjust to the monetary safety requirement within the newest model of the tender specs as a consequence of a misinterpretation, rendering their bid null,” Finergreen mentioned in a latest report on procurement workouts. “This case echoes the outcomes of the most recent tenders for onshore wind and ground-mounted photovoltaics – each revealed within the final two weeks – the place many builders met the identical destiny with their functions.”
CRE allotted solely 58 MW of the 400 MW initially deliberate within the undersubscribed C&I rooftop PV tender. It chosen 16 tasks at a mean ultimate value of € 104 / MWh, up 15% from the September 2022 tender. The regulator chosen solely seven tasks of ground-mounted solar energy vegetation, for a complete capability of 115 MW, in opposition to the preliminary expectation of 925 MW. The ultimate common value is €82.20/MWh, up 20% in comparison with the August 2022 tender. Chosen builders embody Q Power, Neoen, and Kronos Photo voltaic.
The French authorities has introduced plans to have a 1.5 GW tender for ground-mounted PV and one other tender for 800 MW of rooftop capability, to compensate for the excessive failure charge of the most recent tenders.
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