Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded 2,638 MW of ground-mounted solar projects categorized under the ‘first segment,’ which are installations located on structures that are neither buildings nor noise barriers.

The tender, which closed on March 1, 2025, saw high demand, with 420 bids submitted for a total capacity of  3,839 MW, exceeding the tendered volume of 2,625 MW. Of these, 271 bids amounting to 2,638 MW were awarded contracts, while 35 were disqualified.

Awarded prices ranged between €0.0399 (~$0.0457)/kWh and €0.0488 (~$0.0559)/kWh, with the average volume-weighted price settling at €0.0466(~$0.0534)/kWh. This is a slight decrease of 2% from the previous round’s average of €0.0476 (~$0.0545)/kWh.

Bavaria received the largest allocation with 607 MW across 85 bids, followed by Brandenburg (367 MW, 24 bids) and Lower Saxony (315 MW, 31 bids).

“The tender continues to experience high participation, the level of competition remains high, and the awarded prices are continuing to decline,” said Klaus Müller, President of the Federal Network Agency. “The development in the area of ground-mounted solar installations is highly welcomed by the Federal Network Agency. These systems are all controllable and align their electricity feed-in with market demand.”

The next tender round for solar installations of the first segment will take place on July 1, 2025.

In March this year, Bundesnetzagentur awarded a total rooftop solar capacity of 316,964 kW in 143 bids in the latest auction.

Earlier this year, Bundesnetzagentur issued a tender to set up 2.625 GW of solar projects on agricultural land, grasslands, and disadvantaged areas. The agency targeted auctioning projects totaling 9,900 MW during 2025 across three bidding rounds.

Last October, Germany’s innovation tender for 583 MW of renewable energy projects was oversubscribed by 218%, with bids totaling 1,856 MW.