The auction was for a volume of 4,094MW and saw a total of 506 bids with a volume of 4,896MW submitted.
The auction was thus oversubscribed and resulted in 422 bids with a total volume of 4,094MW being awarded.
There were six bids that had to be excluded from the award procedure.
“Fortunately the trend towards oversubscribed auctions is also continuing in the wind energy sector. Competition makes it possible for low bids to be successful. This is very good news for the expansion of renewable energy,” commented Klaus Müller, president of Bundesnetzagentur.
The prices of the successful bids in the pay-as-bid auction ranged from 5.62 cents per kilowatt hour (ct/kWh) to 7.13 ct/kWh. The average volume-weighted award price fell from 7.15 ct/kWh in the previous round to 7.00 ct/kWh.
The state with the most volume awarded was North Rhine-Westphalia (1,266MW, 145 winning bids), followed by Lower Saxony (475MW, 49 winning bids), Brandenburg (443MW, 43 winning bids) and Saxony-Anhalt (334MW, 34 winning bids).
Auction for solar installations on buildings and noise barriers
This auction was 1.2 times oversubscribed, according to Bundesnetzagentur.
There were 169 bids submitted for a tendered volume of 315MW. The Bundesnetzagentur received 143 bids that were successful comprising a total volume of 317MW.
The prices of the successful bids in the pay-as-bid auction ranged from 7.90 ct/kWh to 9.69 ct/kWh. The volume-weighted average price of the successful bids was 9.10 ct/kWh (9.04 ct/kWh in the previous round). The highest price was significantly higher at 10.40 ct/kWh.
The awards were again spread evenly throughout the country. Most successful bids went to projects in North Rhine-Westphalia (78MW, 29 winning bids), followed by Lower Saxony (49MW, 20 winning bids), Saxony-Anhalt (35MW, 16 winning bids) and Bavaria (33MW, 18 winning bids).
Bids were allowed for a volume higher than 1MW and up to 20 MW. There were 88 successful bids with a volume of up to 2MW. The largest bid had a volume of 12MW.
The Bundesnetzagentur had to disqualify 17 bids.
