en.Wedoany.com Reported - Germany's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has awarded contracts totaling 491 MW to 388 projects in its latest biomass auction, which was undersubscribed against a target of 727 MW.
The auction received 494 proposals with a total installed capacity of 637 MW, of which 29 were excluded. As the accepted bid volume fell short of the target, the regulator capped the awarded capacity at 80% of eligible proposals. Winning bids ranged from €0.1205/kWh to €0.1938/kWh, with a volume-weighted average price of €0.1846/kWh, a slight increase from €0.1811/kWh in the previous round. In the last auction, 692 projects totaling 815 MW were awarded. BNetzA President Klaus Müller noted that while participation was low, prices remained largely stable.
Regionally, Bavaria led with 111 awarded projects totaling 123 MW, followed by Lower Saxony (84 projects, 105 MW), North Rhine-Westphalia (43 projects, 55 MW), and Schleswig-Holstein (31 projects, 47 MW).
In a concurrent biomethane auction, six projects totaling 38 MW secured contracts, marking the first biomethane auction with bids since October 2022. All six bids were accepted, but the total of 38 MW fell short of the 61 MW target.
This auction was the first held under a revised support framework approved by the European Commission in September 2025, part of Germany's broader biomass package. The updated scheme raised the maximum biomethane price by 10% to €0.2313/kWh; winning bids ranged between €0.2299/kWh and €0.2312/kWh, with a volume-weighted average price of €0.2308/kWh. Geographically, Saxony performed strongest in the biomethane round with two projects totaling 20 MW, ahead of Lower Saxony (two projects, 7 MW), North Rhine-Westphalia (one project, 6 MW), and Schleswig-Holstein (one project, 5 MW).
The deadlines for the next rounds of biomass and biomethane auctions are October 1 and September 1, respectively.
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