auctions and tenders

The German Federal Network Agency, the Bundesnetzagentur, has raised the maximum tariff for solar and wind energy ahead of its 2023 tenders for renewables projects. The agency said that it hopes the raised tariffs will lead to an increase in bids for renewables projects after the process saw underwhelming results in 2022.

The latest round of renewable energy auctions in Poland has allocated approximately 486MW of solar PV capacity and seen just three of a proposed seven auctions settled successfully.

The government of Uzbekistan has awarded 500MW of solar capacity in its latest tender, launched in July 2022, with three winning solar projects.

Spanish solar players give their verdict on this week’s renewables auction, which was shunned by PV project developers.

Spain’s latest auction round that was held on 22 November ended up empty for solar PV and with only 45.5MW of wind power awarded.

Winning bidders from Portugal’s solar auctions will have their tariffs increased in line with inflation as the government aims to ensure the projects remain economically viable.

Italy has allocated 413MW of solar PV and wind capacity in its ninth renewables auction, according to figures from energy management agency GSE.

Canadian Solar was behind the company Zapaleri that received a successful bid in Chile’s July auction with 253MWp of solar PV and 1GWh energy storage.

France aims to enable the rapid commissioning of 2.7GW of solar PV awarded in recent tenders as part of efforts to speed up renewables deployment amid the energy crisis.

Despite an initial selection of 15 bidders, Chile’s latest power auction awarded only two companies contracts, with 777GWh of solar PV co-located with energy storage and wind secured.