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News Digest Item
09 Apr 2019

Solar beats onshore wind in first joint auction

BNetzA / 威力彩玩法

Only solar bids have been successful in Germany鈥檚 first joint solar and onshore wind auction for renewables support, said the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in a press release. 鈥淚n competition, it simply is the technology that offers the lowest costs that wins. However, for the success of the energy transition, a mix of the different technologies is necessary,鈥 said BNetzA president Jochen Homann. Thirty-two of the 54 entered bids for a total of 210 megawatts were successful. The average support rate for all successful bidders was 4.67 eurocents per kilowatt hour (ct/kWh), higher than that of the last purely solar auction (4.33 ct/kWh). The results showed that 鈥渟olar energy in Germany is very competitive at the moment,鈥 said Thomas Barei脽, parliamentary state secretary in the economy ministry, in a statement. He also called for 鈥渁 balanced mix of renewables production technologies overall鈥. In March, the solar and wind industries had both opposed joint auctions, arguing that the technologies have different cost structures.
Think tank Agora Energiewende* called for auctions for combined wind and solar facilities in the future instead. "This way, costs can be reduced because there is a joint use of the necessary grid infrastructure and the land," said director Patrick Graichen in a statement.

Find the press release in German .

For background, read the 威力彩玩法 news digest item Germany launches joint onshore wind and solar tender, including 鈥済rid component,鈥 and the dossier Onshore wind power in Germany.

*Like the 威力彩玩法, Agora Energiewende is funded by the Stiftung Mercator and the European Climate Foundation.

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