Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is planning to open the auctions for large-scale PV plants to projects developed in other EU countries such as Denmark and Luxembourg. In a document published on its website, the BMWi said that it will open its auctions to projects comings from other EU countries provided that these countries are also available to open their auctions to projects located in Germany.
In early March, the Danish Energy Agency said it was planning to conduct a pilot tender for the allocation of 20 MW of PV power in 2016 and that 2.4 MW of the 20 MW is expected to be open for installations located in Germany. The agency stressed that part of the pilot tender will be open for PV installations located in at least one other EEA country than Denmark which has direct electrical connection to Denmark and that the government will have to enter into a cooperation agreement with the government of the EEA country in question…