The objective of a PV tender would be to gain experience inauctions and find out whether via that method the targets of Germany’sEnergiewende – the move away from nuclear to renewables – can be achieved morecheaply.
If that could be proved, the government aims to determine futurerenewable energy support levels from 2018 on via a tendering model, the textstates.
The European Commission in its latest guidance on supportfor the electricity sector had stated that it favours auctions to allocaterenewable generation to the lowest bidder.
