Germany’s Federal Network Agency has selected 258 projects with a combined capacity of 2,271MW in its latest ground-mounted solar tender round.
The awarded values were significantly below the established maximum price, indicating robust competition in the sector, and Federal Network Agency president Klaus Mueller commented: “Competition is still keeping award prices well below the price ceiling.”
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The latest round of tenders, aimed at ground-mounted systems and solar installations on non-building structures, was oversubscribed, with the agency seeking to support projects totalling 2,266MW.
By the deadline of 1 July 2025, the agency had received 313 bids with a combined volume of 2,820MW.
The successful bids were priced between €0.04 per kilowatt hour (kWh) and €0.0626 per kWh. The average volume-weighted award value stood at €0.0484 per kWh, which, while slightly above the previous tender’s average of €0.0466 per kWh, remained well under the price cap of €0.068 per kWh.
Regionally, Bavaria led with 106 winning projects and a combined capacity of 689MW. It was followed by Rhineland-Palatinate with 23 successful bids for 251MW, and Lower Saxony with 18 awards totalling 250MW.
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By GlobalDataThe earlier tender round had seen the awarding of contracts for 271 projects with a capacity of 2,638MW.
In mid August 2025, Germany’s solar industry raised concerns over a proposal by Economy Minister Katherina Reiche to end feed-in subsidies for new small-scale rooftop photovoltaic systems.
Germany experienced a notable rise in energy consumption during the first half of 2025. Energy usage in Europe’s largest economy reached 187.3 million tonnes of coal equivalent, a 2.3% rise from 183.1 million during the same period in 2024, according to a report released by the industry statistics group AG Energiebilanzen.
