Germany Scales Back Offshore Wind Auctions After Latest Flop

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Germany has reduced the capacity for its 2026 offshore wind auction after a previous auction failed to attract any bids, indicating a decrease in investor confidence in the industry.

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Germany moved to reduce the capacity it will auction in its offshore wind tender in 2026, following the flop in the latest auction without a single bid made. The German Parliament approved legislation narrowing the capacity in the 2026 tender to just 2.5 gigawatts (GW) to 5 GW, compared with an earlier plan of auctioning off 6 GW of offshore wind capacity and with as much as 10 GW offered in the auction in August. The August offshore wind auction without government subsidies failed to attract a single bid, alarming the local offshore…

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Original article published by OilPrice.com on December 5, 2025.
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