News Digest Item
12 Oct 2016

“Federal Network Agency launches Germany’s first cross-border PV auction with Denmark”

Federal network agency (Bundesnetzagentur)

The Federal Network Agency has announced the first mutually opened auction for ground-mounted photovoltaic installations in cooperation with Denmark. Photovoltaic installations in Denmark can participate in a German auction alongside photovoltaic installations from Germany, as long as the electricity can be physically imported to Germany. Investors have until 23 November 2016 to submit bids for this auction to the Federal Network Agency, according to a press release. The maximum installation size for this auction round is 10 megawatts(MW), the maximum bid is 11.09 cents per kilowatt-hour, and the size of the auction is 50 MW.

Find the press release in English here.

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