Germany wraps up solar-plus-storage tender with average price of €0.0514/kWh

Germany has concluded a recent tender for innovative renewable energy projects. The exercise drew 53 bids with a total capacity of 678 MW. The authorities awarded 32 projects with a total capacity of 480 MW.

All selected projects were for PV plants combined with energy storage.

The German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) said the tariffs ranged from  €0.0450 ($0.0510)/kWh to €0.0540/kWh, with an average price of €0.0514/kWh.

Bavaria received the most awarded capacity, with 177 MW, with Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia securing 94 MW and 48 MW, respectively.

In the previous tender of the same kind, finalized in June, the German authorities awarded 29 projects with a total capacity of 482 MW. Final tariffs ranged from €0.0475 ($00.0540)/kWh to €0.0559/kWh, with an average price of €0.0534/kWh.

In the tender held in October 2025, the Federal Network Agency awarded 485 MW of capacity at final prices ranging from €0.0479/kWh to €0.0559/kWh.

In another tender finalized in July 2025, it awarded 486 MW of capacity at final prices ranging from €0.0500/kWh to €0.0639/kWh, while in a tender held in October 2024 it selected 50 projects with a total capacity of 587 MW, with final prices spanning from €0.0674/kWh to €0.0745/kWh and an average price of €0.0709/kWh.

In another auction finalized in July 2024, the German authorities awarded 43 projects with a total capacity of 512 MW. The final tariffs ranged from €0.0678/kWh to €0.0917/kWh, with an average price of €0.0833/kWh.

The previous exercise, finalized in October 2023, assigned 32 projects with a total capacity of 408 MW. The final tariffs ranged from €0.077/kWh to €0.0878/kWh, with an average price of €0.08/kWh.

Through these tenders, the Bundesnetzagentur mostly selects PV projects combined with energy storage.