Germany Scales Back Offshore Wind Auctions After Latest Flop

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…