Germany launches the second round of tenders for onshore wind and solar power

Germany's Federal Grid Authority (Bundesnetzagentur) has opened a second round of mixed tenders
for large-scale onshore wind and solar power projects.
Companies in this tender can submit about 201 megawatts of renewable energy capacity, and the deadline for bids is November 2, 2018
, Germany's Federal Network Agency said in a statement.

As in the first round of tenders, bids for solar projects planned to be located in areas with a high concentration of other renewable power plants will increase by €0.
08/kWh to €0.
88/kWh, and as a result, the chances of winning the tender will also be reduced
.
Germany's Federal Grid Authority has also identified about 98 regions with excess renewable energy capacity and no more grid capacity to absorb
.

For onshore wind projects located in these areas, bids will increase from €0.
07/kWh to €0.
58/kWh
.
According to the agency, these additional costs are necessary
for the network and system integration of renewable energy.
It is reported that the highest price bid for the two technologies of solar power and onshore wind power is 0.
875 euros/kWh
.

In the first round of tenders, which ended in early April, Solar won all allocated capacity, totaling 32 PV projects with a total installed capacity of approximately 210 MW
.
The average bid price is 0.
0467 EUR/kWh
.
The winning bidders' bids ranged
from €0.
0396 per kWh to €0.
0576 per kWh.