“In addition to mandatory overplanting, these include rigid implementation deadlines and the associated penalties. These risks are reflected in the significantly lower auction proceeds compared to previous years and only two zero-cent bids.”
According to BWO, one of the challenges of the auction was the mandatory overplanting requirement for the N-9.4 site for the first time. TotalEnergies will have to equip the site with 10 per cent to 20 per cent more installed capacity than can be fed into the grid, which increases the efficiency of the grid connection but also the investment required for the wind farm, said BWO.
“I welcome the fact that the responsible authorities have quickly complied with our request to keep the overplanting requirements more flexible than initially planned. However, this is not sufficient for the future. Based on the current results, fixed requirements should be eliminated altogether in the future,” said Thimm .
When it comes to upcoming tenders, the 2 GW N-10.1 and the 500 MW N-10.2 sites are planned to be put out to tender by August 2025.
The sites have been centrally investigated by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency and cover 182 square kilometres.
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