A Fraunhofer Institute study found that thanks to the merit order effect, solar PV reduces average
German wholesale electricity prices around 10 percent and peak prices up to 40 percent.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile,
German households picked up the growing bill for the
wholesale subsidies for renewables that
German industry enjoys, accounting for 18 percent of the average
price that consumers paid for
electricity last year — twice as high a proportion as in 2010.
Recharge news The energy world was stunned in April when 1.38 GW of
German offshore wind was won at tender with zero - subsidy bids, meaning that the three projects will rely solely on the
wholesale electricity price when commissioned in 2024 - 25.