Germany Launches Tender for 2.1 GW of Ground-Mounted Solar Projects

Recently, the German Federal Network Agency launched a tender aimed at supporting the development of 2,135 megawatts of ground-mounted solar power projects nationwide.
The agency announced on Wednesday (May 27) that interested parties may submit bids by July 1, 2026. Participants are currently exempt from paying the new grid fees for electricity producers that are currently under discussion.
The regulator will cap bids at a maximum of 0.059 euros (0.06 dollars) per kilowatt-hour during the bidding process. Bids exceeding this amount will be excluded from the tender process.
Overall, the Federal Network Agency aims to support the construction of 9,900 megawatts of ground-mounted solar power capacity by 2026, for which three rounds of tenders will be conducted.
The agency stated that a series of legal reforms aimed at accelerating nationwide solar deployment-the "Solar Package I"-has not yet received EU state aid approval. The planned changes include raising the cap for individual tender projects from the current 20 megawatts to 50 megawatts, setting higher maximum values for special solar projects such as agrivoltaics and waterfront PV systems, and introducing priority tender quotas for special solar power projects.
These measures will only be applied to the tendering process if the European Commission approves the state aid before the bid submission deadline.
In the previous round of selection, the Federal Network Agency selected 268 projects with a total installed capacity of 2,299 MW. The winning bids ranged in value from €0.0399 to €0.051 per kilowatt-hour.