Translation from German using Deepl:
The Federal Network Agency today announced the awards in the offshore tenders for areas that have not been centrally pre-surveyed for the bidding date of 1 June 2023. For all four areas put out to tender, a dynamic bidding procedure was carried out for the first time. This achieved the total sum of 12.6 billion euros.
""The results confirm the attractiveness of investing in offshore wind energy in Germany,"" says Klaus Müller, President of the Federal Network Agency. ""Competition for offshore wind energy is higher than ever. The results are an important step towards achieving the offshore expansion target of 30 GW by 2030."" Results of the tenders
The subject of the tenders were four areas with a total tender volume of 7,000 MW. Three areas for offshore wind farms with a capacity of 2,000 MW each are located in the North Sea and one area with a capacity of 1,000 MW is located in the Baltic Sea. The areas N-11.1, N-12.1, N-12.2 in the North Sea are located about 120 km northwest of Helgoland and the area O-2.2 in the Baltic Sea about 25 km off the island of Rügen. The wind farms are scheduled to be commissioned in 2030. The contract for site N-11.1 was awarded to the bidder bp OFW Management 1 GmbH at a bid value of 1.83 million euros/MW, for site N-12.1 to the bidder North Sea OFW N12-1 GmbH & Co. KG at a bid value of 1.875 million Euro/MW , for site N-12.2 the bidder bp OFW Management 3 GmbH at a bid value of 1.56 million Euro/MW and for site O-2.2 the bidder Baltic Sea OFW O2-2 GmbH & Co. KG at a bid value of 2.07 million Euro/MW. This corresponds to a payment by the respective successful bidder of 3.66 billion euros for Area N-11.1, a payment of 3.75 billion euros for Area N-12.1, a payment of 3.12 billion euros for Area N-12.2 and a payment of 2.07 billion euros for Area O-2.2. With the award of the contract, the successful bidders will be entitled to the implementation of a planning approval procedure for the erection and operation of wind turbines on the site as well as entitlement to connection and grid connection capacity.
Dynamic bidding procedure as online procedure for the first time The dynamic bidding procedure was necessary because eight bids with a bid value of zero cents per kilowatt hour were submitted for each of the North Sea areas and nine bids for the Baltic Sea area at the bid deadline. The aim of the dynamic bidding procedure is the competitive differentiation of bids in the case of several zero-cent bids for one area. The bidders with the highest willingness to pay for an area were awarded the contract. The determination of the bidders entitled to be awarded the contract was carried out online in several bidding rounds with ascending bidding levels. Several bidding rounds were carried out per day. A total of 64 bidding rounds were conducted for area N-11.1, 65 bidding rounds for area N-12.1, 55 bidding rounds for area N-12.2 and 72 bidding rounds for area O-2.2. Reduction of electricity costs and sustainable marine protection 90 percent of the proceeds from the offshore tenders will go towards reducing electricity costs and five percent each towards marine nature conservation and the promotion of environmentally friendly fishing. The shares of the respective bid values earmarked for sustainable marine protection must be paid into the federal budget within one year. The electricity cost reduction component is to be paid to the transmission system operator with connection obligations in equal annual instalments over a period of 20 years, starting with the completion date of the wind farm in 2030.