Germany's Federal Network Agency awards support eligibility to 288 MW rooftop PV projects

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 3, Germany's Federal Network Agency published the results of the auction for support for rooftop and noise-barrier PV projects, which closed on October 1. A total of 143 bids were awarded, involving an installed capacity of 288.247 MW. The auction volume for this round was 296.269 MW, and 177 bids were actually received, with a declared capacity of approximately 347 MW. The weighted average support price for the winning projects was 9.67 euro cents per kWh.

The bid capacity received in this auction round increased significantly compared with 238 MW in the previous round in June 2026. During its review, Germany's Federal Network Agency excluded 34 bids involving approximately 58 MW, and all remaining 143 bids were awarded. In the previous round, a total of 108 bids won, involving approximately 209 MW.

The winning projects use a mechanism under which the support price is determined separately based on the bid price. The lowest winning price was 8.50 euro cents per kWh, and the highest was 10.00 euro cents per kWh. The weighted average winning price fell by 0.05 euro cents from 9.72 euro cents per kWh in the previous round. The maximum permissible bid in this round was 10.00 euro cents per kWh.

North Rhine-Westphalia obtained 38 winning projects with a combined capacity of 66 MW, ranking first among Germany's federal states. Hesse obtained 11 projects totaling 30 MW; Brandenburg obtained 14 projects totaling 28 MW; Lower Saxony obtained 16 projects totaling 27 MW; and Rhineland-Palatinate obtained 6 projects totaling 19 MW.

In accordance with Section 35 of the Renewable Energy Sources Act, Germany's Federal Network Agency publicly released the award results for this round on November 3. According to the announcement, the award decision is deemed formally served on November 10. The list of winning projects sets out the bid number, location, installed capacity, and applicable support price for each project.