Germany’s July Solar Auction Oversubscribed With 3.17 GW Bids, Average Award Price Falls to 4.79 ct/kWh

Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has announced the results of its July 2026 auction for ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) installations and solar projects on structures that are neither buildings nor noise barriers. The auction closed for bids on July 1, 2026, and received more demand than the available capacity.

The auction offered a total capacity of 2,135 MW. Developers submitted 401 bids with a combined volume of 3,170 MW, representing significant competition for the available capacity. The Bundesnetzagentur disqualified 48 bids during the auction process.

A total of 261 bids were awarded. The successful projects will receive support based on their individual bid prices under the pay-as-bid auction mechanism.

The awarded prices ranged from 4.38 euro cents per kilowatt-hour (ct/kWh) to 4.97 ct/kWh. The volume-weighted average award price stood at 4.79 ct/kWh. This was lower than the average price of 4.94 ct/kWh recorded in the previous auction round.

Klaus Müller, President of the Bundesnetzagentur, said the auction was again oversubscribed and noted that the prices of successful bids were slightly lower compared with the previous round.

Bavaria recorded the highest awarded capacity among Germany’s federal states, with 429 MW across 75 successful bids. Baden-Württemberg followed with 266 MW from 41 winning bids.

Lower Saxony secured 225 MW through 28 successful bids, while Rhineland-Palatinate received 239 MW across 25 winning bids. North Rhine-Westphalia accounted for another 233 MW through 21 successful bids.

The results indicate continued strong competition among solar developers for large-scale projects in Germany. The oversubscription, with submitted bids exceeding the auctioned capacity by more than 1 GW, also highlights sustained developer participation in the country’s solar expansion programme.