Germany’s coalition government said it will move "quickly" to advance extra tenders for 8GW of onshore wind and solar, plus another offshore wind round, pledging to meet increasingly urgent demands for action from the nation’s renewables sector.

The ruling coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU, along with the CSU and SPD, will bring before the German Cabinet by the end of the month measures to hold 4GW each of wind and PV auctions in 'special tenders' split equally over 2019 and 2020.