The number of approved sites for wind turbines continues to rise. A recent record has been exceeded.
The Federal Network Agency has once again set a record for tenders for onshore wind turbines. As of August 1, 230 bids with a volume of 2,723 megawatts were accepted, the authority announced. For the first time since February 2022, the tender was oversubscribed, so one bid was not accepted. 2,709 megawatts were put out to tender.
“This tender is a record. The bid volume in this round is higher than ever before: the bid volume of almost 3 gigawatts clearly exceeds the volume of 2.5 gigawatts required to achieve the annual expansion target,” said the President of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller.
According to the Federal Network Agency, the values determined in the bidding price procedure are between 5.73 and 7.35 cents per kilowatt hour, with an average of 7.33 cents. The largest commitments were for bids for locations in North Rhine-Westphalia (756 megawatts, 84 awards), Brandenburg (385 megawatts, 23 awards), Schleswig-Holstein (285 megawatts, 24 awards), Hesse (246 megawatts, 8 awards) and Lower Saxony (237 megawatts, 24 awards).
A record number of onshore wind power tenders had already been set on May 1st. According to the network agency, the next round will take place on November 1st.
Source: Stern
