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  • UK renewables still cheaper than gas, despite auction setback for offshore wind
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    UK renewables still cheaper than gas, despite auction setback for offshore wind

    While a blow to government’s targets for offshore wind and full decarbonisation, the auction shows wind and solar remain the cheapest way to generate electricity.
    Simon Evans & Molly Lempriere
    Sep 12, 2023
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  • France solar auction success delivered at nuclear’s expense
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    France solar auction success delivered at nuclear’s expense

    France announces winners of latest renewables auctions, including 12 solar projects totalling nearly 100MW commissioned to replace a decommissioned nuclear plant.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Apr 3, 2020
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  • City of Melbourne leads second “bulk-buy” renewables auction
    Renewables

    City of Melbourne leads second “bulk-buy” renewables auction

    Melbourne Renewable Energy Project releases second tender, combining purchasing power of seven large energy users to source 113GWh a year of Victorian solar or wind.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Nov 22, 2019
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  • German auction attracts first subsidy-free offshore wind deal
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    German auction attracts first subsidy-free offshore wind deal

    Germany’s first competitive auction for offshore wind projects included what is likely one of the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind projects.
    Joshua S Hill
    Apr 18, 2017
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  • ACT opens big solar + wind auction to boost battery storage

    ACT opens big solar + wind auction to boost battery storage

    ACT opens auction process for another 109MW of wind and solar, with money raised to be used for one of largest battery storage rollouts in the world.
    Giles Parkinson
    Apr 1, 2016
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  • New ACT wind energy auction attracts 15 proposals for more than 1,100MW

    New ACT wind energy auction attracts 15 proposals for more than 1,100MW

    The ACT government’s new auction of 200MW of wind energy projects attracts huge number of proposals.
    Giles Parkinson
    Oct 16, 2015
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