Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has received two bids for the 1 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind tender covering the N-9.4 zone in the North Sea, according to a spokesperson for the agency.
The identities of the bidders have not been disclosed. Both offers came in at zero cents per kilowatt hour, the agency confirmed.
“The Federal Network Agency intends to conduct the dynamic bidding procedure starting on 16 June 2025,” the spokesperson said.
The tender, launched on June 2, covers an area of 146 square kilometers in German waters and aims to allocate 1 GW of installable capacity. The project at N-9.4 will connect to the BalWin5 offshore grid, which is under development by transmission system operator TenneT and expected to be operational by 2033.
This tender is the first to implement the “overplanting” rule, permitting installed capacity to exceed the grid connection capacity by up to 20%.
