[Solar: Germany’s rooftop PV auction remains undersubscribed]
Germany’s latest auction for rooftop and noise-barrier solar installations, held on June 1, 2026, remained undersubscribed. The Federal Network Agency offered 296MW of capacity and received 125 bids totaling 238MW. After excluding 17 bids, it awarded 108 projects with a combined capacity of 208.57MW. Although both bid volume and awarded capacity increased from the previous February round, they remained below the tendered volume. Winning projects were mainly located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse. Awarded prices ranged from EUR 0.0084/kWh to EUR 0.10/kWh, with the weighted average price rising to EUR 0.0972/kWh.