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From PV Magazine:
In a highly oversubscribed tender Germany’s Federal Network Agency allocated 204 MW of solar capacity. The lowest bid was €0.049/kWh and a large project was assigned in the northern region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Germany’s Federal Network Agency – the Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Grid Agency) – has revealed the average final price for solar power again fell in the third technology-specific tender for PV held [over the] last year.
The agency said 105 bids for more than 556 MW of capacity were submitted for this month’s tender in June. Ultimately, 14 bids with a total capacity of 204 MW were selected – 70 MW more capacity than the 150 MW target set by the authorities.
The successful bids ranged from €0.0497 to €0.0558 per kilowatt-hour, and the average final price was €0.0547 per kilowatt-hour [US$62/MWh, more expensive that the US at $40/MWh, but on the other hand, Germany has much less sun]. In the previously held special tender in March, prices were still between €0.0390 and €0.0840 per kilowatt hour and the average price was €0.0659. The joint tender for photovoltaic and wind power on-shore held in April also delivered a higher final average price at €0.0566 per kWh.
In the first round of photovoltaic tender held in February, however, it was €0.0480 cents per kilowatt-hour, but below the June level. This is due to the fact that relatively many projects have been assigned in Bavaria [much sunnier than Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, which is in the north of Germany] that are to be realized on agricultural land in less favored areas. The tender prices reached the lowest level so far in February 2018.
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