Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, passed an amendment to the country’s offshore wind law that scraps earlier plans by the cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel to effectively allow negative bidding in tenders by taking payments from zero-subsidy bidders, with a lottery now possible to decide the outcome of auctions.
The amended Offshore Wind Act (WindSeeG) also raises Germany’s target for wind at sea to 20GW by 2030 from an earlier 15GW goal, and introduces a 40GW ambition for 2040.
