Germany allocates 2.1 GW in latest ground-mounted PV tender, lowest bid comes in at €0.043/kWh

Germany awarded 2.135 GW of utility-scale solar capacity across 261 bids at an average €0.0479/kWh, with Bavaria receiving the largest share.

ermany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has allocated 2,135 MW of PV capacity in the nation’s latest tender for utility-scale solar.

It assigned the capacity across 261 bids. The new allocations exceed the capacity that the Bundesnetzagentur initially planned to hand out. The tender was oversubscribed, with 401 project proposals totaling 3.17 GW.

The average price came in at €0.0479 ($0.055)/kWh, with final prices ranging from €0.0438/kWh to €0.0497/kWh.

From a regional perspective, the largest volume awarded was in Bavaria (429 MW), followed by Baden-Württemberg (266 MW), and Lower Saxony (225 MW).

In the auction finalized in May, the Bundesnetzagentur assigned 2.3 GW of capacity across 268 bids. The average price came in at €0.0494 ($0.0580)/kWh, with final prices ranging from €0.0399/kWh to €0.0510/kWh.

In the previous auction, concluded in February, the allocated PV power was 2,328 MW and the average price came in at €0.0500/kWh.

In the auction of the same kind held in mid-August 2025, the German authorities allocated 2.27 GW with prices ranging from €0.0400/kWh to €0.0626/kWh.

In the previous round, around 2.15 GW of PV capacity was assigned, while prices spanned from €0.0388/kWh to €0.0495/kWh.

In the auction concluded in February 2025, the Bundesnetzagentur allocated 2,150 MW of PV capacity across 242 bids. The auction’s average price was €0.0476/kWh, with final prices spanning from €0.0388/kWh to €0.0495/kWh.

More information:https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/18/germany-allocates-2-1-gw-in-latest-ground-mounted-pv-tender-lowest-bid-comes-in-at-e0-043-kwh/