German authorities have approved hundreds of megawatts in additional capacity at onshore wind farms. The price at which it awarded the projects was below expectations, pointing to stronger competition.The German Economy Ministry announced Friday it had approved 807 megawatts of capacity at onshore wind parks. Friday’s auction was the first for onshore wind projects under the latest changes to the renewable feed-in tariff law in Germany accompanying the nation’s transition from fossil fuels to green energy excluding nuclear. Wind energy accounts for over half of Germany’s renewable production. Two further rounds of onshore wind project auctions are planned later this year to reach the government’s annual expansion target of 2,500 MW.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 19, 2017 17:15 UTC