Renewable energies - Record wind power tender
Planning boom for onshore wind energy installations: In the latest auction round of the Federal Network Agency, more subsidies were granted than ever before, stated Economic Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) in Berlin. "These are the wind turbines and the renewable energy of tomorrow", so Habeck. According to the Network Agency, 189 bids with a total capacity of 2,379 Megawatts received a subsidy. A total of 2,795 Megawatts were tendered.
"This is the result of hard work and shows that the industry can make use of the improved framework conditions", Habeck added further. In total, subsidies with a capacity of around 4,200 Megawatts have been granted this year so far. Two more rounds are still pending. "We are on track with our expansion targets and have increased them by 40 percent compared to the previous year", so the Minister.
Network Agency President: Expansion targets achievable
The President of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, spoke of a trend towards increasing bid and approval numbers. "With a continuation of this positive development, the expansion targets for onshore wind energy can be achieved."
The values determined in the auction procedure according to the Federal Network Agency lie between 7.20 and 7.35 cents per kilowatt hour, with an average of 7.33 cents.
The largest commitments were for bids for sites in North Rhine-Westphalia (727 Megawatts, 68 subsidies), Lower Saxony (430 Megawatts, 26 subsidies), and Schleswig-Holstein (318 Megawatts, 17 subsidies).
- The record number of subsidies granted in the Federal Network Agency's latest auction round for wind farm projects in Germany will significantly contribute to the production of electricity from renewable energies.
- Economic Minister Robert Habeck, based in Berlin, praised the success of the wind energy sector, stating that the subsidized wind turbines represent the electricity and wind energy of the future.
- The surcharge for renewable energies in Germany has encouraged the growth of wind farms, as indicated by the 189 successful bids, totaling 2,379 Megawatts, in the recent auction round overseen by the Federal Network Agency in Bonn.
- Federal Network Agency President Klaus Müller highlighted the positive trend in the number of incentivized wind energy projects, expressing confidence that Germany's expansion targets for onshore wind farms can be achieved.
- Alternative energy sources, such as wind energy, have gained momentum in Germany with a record-breaking number of 2,379 Megawatts in wind farm projects granted subsidies in the Federal Network Agency's recent auction round.
- Robert Habeck, the Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in Germany, and the head of the Green party, has stated that Germany is well on its way to meeting its increased expansion targets for renewable energies, particularly wind energy, due to the positive auction results.
