EnBW secures winning bids for seven solar park projects at German solar public tender
Karlsruhe, Germany. EnBW has secured winning bids for seven solar parks in the latest open-field PV auction by the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur, BNetzA). In Baden-Württemberg, the contracts pave the way for five additional EnBW solar parks. Bids were also accepted for one solar park project each in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. The various projects will have a total output of 184 megawatts (MW).
“Despite the high demand, we were able to secure all the targeted areas with our bids – even though the tender was almost twice oversubscribed,” said Harald Schmoch, Head of Renewable Energies at EnBW. “This is a positive sign for the continued expansion of solar power generation at EnBW and will help us to continue to drive the energy transition,” he explained. EnBW already owns and operates more than 41 solar parks with an installed output of 760 MW, 26 of which are in Baden-Württemberg with a total installed output of 173 MW. In addition to subsidized sites, such as those secured in the current auction process, EnBW also develops solar park projects without state funding. One such example is the largest solar park in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, which is currently being built in Langenenslingen (in the district of Biberach). It is scheduled to go into operation in mid-2025 with an installed output of 80 MW.
In Baden-Württemberg, EnBW was awarded the contracts by the Federal Network Agency for the sites in Langenburg, Mulfingen, Adelsheim, Geislingen-Erlaheim and Sigmaringen-Gutenstein. In the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, it submitted the winning bid for a solar park in Lauenhagen and in Brandenburg for a solar park in Görlsdorf.
About EnBW
With a workforce of over 28,000 employees, EnBW is one of the largest energy supply companies in Germany and Europe. It supplies electricity, gas and water together with infrastructure and energy-related products and services to around 5.5 million customers. In the company’s transformation from a traditional energy provider to a sustainable infrastructure group, the expansion of renewable energy sources and of the distribution and transportation grids for electricity and gas are cornerstones of EnBW’s growth strategy and the focus of its investment spending. By 2030, EnBW plans gross investment of 40 billion euros, around 90 percent of which is earmarked for Germany. By the end of 2025, renewables are set to account for more than half of EnBW’s generation portfolio. The aim is to phase out coal by the end of 2028. These are key milestones on the way to the company being carbon-neutral by 2035.