CDU/CSU and SPD, the political parties that make up Germany’s current coalition government, have reached an agreement on how to expand the country’s renewable energy tenders. This agreement on additional power bidding is particularly encouraging in the photovoltaic power generation sector, as the share of solar energy may increase from 1.9GW to 6GW in 2022. Another 2GW will be used for ground installation projects, and 2GW rooftop photovoltaic installations. According to a letter issued by the CDU/CSU and SPD parliamentary party groups learned by the "Photovoltaic" magazine, the remaining 100GW may be allocated to innovative tenders focusing on integrated agriculture and photovoltaic systems and floating photovoltaics.

They hope to increase the tendered onshore wind power capacity from 2.9GW to 4GW in 2022. In addition, they believe that the tenders that have not been completed in 2021 and 2022 will be made up in the next few years. These parties stated that if the bidding or construction volume is still insufficient, the share will be allocated to subsequent innovative bidding.

CDU/CSU and SPD have also agreed to reduce taxes in support of their renewable energy incentive programs under the German Renewable Energy Act (EEG) in 2023 and 2024. As early as 2021 and 2022, the federal government has decided to slightly reduce the EEG tax through the incentive plan during the epidemic, from €0.065 to €0.060/kWh.

"In addition to the increase in revenue brought about by CO2 certificate transactions, it is becoming more and more obvious that the additional funds in the Energy and Climate Fund currently used for EEG surcharges are no longer in full demand," the relevant department said in the letter. .

According to the plan, CO2 trading revenue alone will decrease by approximately €0.015/kWh in 2023. Therefore, a drop below €0.05/kWh is possible. Editor/Xu Shengpeng