Germany expands wind power with new projects
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Germany’s Federal Network Agency assigned contracts for 2,523 megawatts of new onshore wind power projects following an auction in August 2026.
The agency received bids for 5,250 megawatts, exceeding the available 2,520 megawatts. Successful bidders offered prices between 4.49 and 4.98 cents per kilowatt-hour, achieving an average price of 4.79 cents per kilowatt-hour, a decrease from the 5.06 cents per kilowatt-hour awarded in the previous round.
Lower Saxony received the most capacity with 836 megawatts, while North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate will add 430 and 336 megawatts respectively. In a separate auction, the agency also awarded contracts for ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations, approving 261 bids from a total of 401 submissions representing 3,170 megawatts of proposed capacity. The agency excluded 17 wind power bids and 48 solar bids from consideration.
