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EnBW has taken a final investment decision to build what will be Germany`s biggest solar park at Weesow-Willmersdorf northeast of Berlin. the utility said Wednesday.
The 180 MW solar farm is expected to come online in 2020 with construction to start early in the year.
`We are convinced that projects on such a scale are economic without subsidies.` EnBW board member Hans-Josef Zimmer said. noting solar costs had fallen 80% in 10 years.
The project is expected to generate 180 GWh year. to be sold in the wholesale market and through EnBW`s client portfolio.
EnBW has a solar project pipeline of 800 MW.
Projects up to 10 MW continue to benefit from state support. with EnBW securing 25 MW of awards in recent auctions.
Sliding premiums are averaging below Eur50 MWh. despite a slight rebound in this year`s auctions. Operators are paid up to the premium if wholesale prices are below the awarded level.
EnBW signed a power purchase agreement earlier this year for an 85 MW solar project to be realized without subsidies by Energiekontor at Marlow-Dettmannsdorf near Rostock in northeast Germany.
GROUND-BASED BOOM
Utility-scale ground-based solar is Germany`s fastest growing renewable source. Network operators on Tuesday lifted their 2023 forecast by 3.5 GW to 19.7 GW.
By end-2018. only 12.5 GW of Germany`s total 45 GW solar capacity was ground-based with the remainder on rooftops.
Rooftop solar installations up to 0.75 MW benefit from feed-in tariffs. which are now just below Eur100 MWh.
The government plans to double solar capacity to 98 GW by 2030 to generate 15% of German electricity.
It has scrapped a 52 GW cap which would have stopped subsidies and slowed down rooftop solar additions.
Solar panels generated 46 TWh in 2018 with solar accounting for 7% of the German power mix.
