Winning bids in a pioneering 50MW cross-border German-Danish PV tender fell to a – by European standards – very low €53.80/MWh ($57/MWh), but the process was criticised by Germany’s renewables sector over claims that it distorted competition.
The price was almost €20/MWh lower than the €72.50/MWh reached at the last round of German PV tenders.
All five winning bids were for ground-based arrays on agricultural land in Denmark, an outcome that caused irritation across the border.
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