Germany allocates 3.45GW in latest onshore wind auction

Germany's Federal Network Agency has published the awards for the latest onshore wind tender, which was significantly oversubscribed.

For a tendered capacity of 3,443MW, 604 bids totaling 5,739MW were submitted. As a result, 376 bids totaling 3,448MW were awarded. The Agency confirmed that 25 bids had to be excluded from the tender process.

Klaus Müller, president of the Federal Network Agency, commented on the results: "The bidding session was once again heavily oversubscribed. The submitted bid volume of more than 5.7GW is the second-highest value in a tender to date. The award values fell again compared to the previous round."

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The award prices determined in the bidding process ranged between 6.39c/kWh and 6.64c/kWh. The average volume-weighted award price continued to decline compared to the previous round (6.83c/kWh ) and, at 6.57c/kWh, is significantly below the peak of 7.35c/kWh .

The regional distribution shows that the largest award volumes went to bids for sites in North Rhine-Westphalia (817MW, 105 awards) and Lower Saxony (800MW, 73 awards).

The third largest volume came from projects in Brandenburg (609MW, 89 awards). This is the largest volume ever achieved in a tender in this federal state, according to the Agency.

The next tender round for onshore wind will take place on 1 November 2025.