The Anonymous Widower

German Wind Tender Awards 3.46 GW Amid Record Demand, Lower Prices

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Renewables Now.

These are the first three paragraphs.

Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) selected 415 projects with a combined capacity of 3,456 MW in the last onshore wind tender round for 2025, seeing record interest in the procedure and falling prices.

Until the deadline of November 1, as many as 905 bids totalling 8,155 MW were submitted, while the target was 3,450 MW. As many as 37 projects had to be excluded from the competition, the agency said on Thursday.

The value of the successful bids ranged between EUR 0.058 (USD 0.068) per kWh and EUR 0.0612 per kWh. The average volume-weighted award price stood at EUR 0.0606 per kWh, which is below the value of EUR 0.0657 per kWh in the previous round and significantly lower than the maximum possible amount of EUR 0.0735 per kWh.

Note.

1. These figures show that the German onshore wind market is healthy and the price of the electricity is falling.
2. The procedure marks the fourth onshore wind tender round for 2025. In the previous three rounds, the Federal Network Agency allocated capacities of 3,448 MW, 3,447 MW and 4,094 MW, respectively, so with this round’s 3,456 MW, that makes 14.445 GW or about four-and-a-half Hinckley Point Cs.
3. Germany is 45 % larger than the UK in terms of land area.

If we were installing wind turbines at the same rate as the Germans, we’d have installed a few megawatts short of ten gigawatts onshore in the same period of time.

I have some thoughts on these figures.

Does More Onshore Wind Mean Lower Electricity Prices?

If we were installing onshore wind turbines at the same rate as the Germans, our energy prices might be lower.

More research needs to be done.

Do The Germans Have A Pricing Structure That Encourages The Take-Up Of Onshore Wind?

If they do, then we should think of using it in certain locations.

January 9, 2026 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Germany, Onshore Wind Power, Wind Power