Montel Germany’s energy network regulator has opened its third hard coal-exit tender for bids to close a further 2481 MW of coal-fired generation capacity in 2022.

Coal-fired power plant operators can submit their bids until 30 April, with closures to take place on 31 December 2022. Bids are capped at EUR 155,000/MW. The first tender achieved average payments of EUR 66259 EUR/MW for a capacity of 4.8 GW