Friday, December 6, 2024

"Dead Calm: Denmark Receives Zero Bids in Largest-Ever Offshore Wind Auction"

From Bloomberg via gCaptain, December 5:

Denmark received no bids in its largest-ever wind power tender, aimed to more than triple its offshore capacity by the end of the decade.

The Danish Energy Agency hadn’t received a single bid in a tender for three offshore wind farms in the North Sea by Thursday’s deadline, it said in a statement. It now will initiate a dialog with the market to find out why....

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That sort of total fail  in an auction says more about the structure, terms, and conditions of the auction than it does about the market. There is a clearing price, if the auction terms allow it to be discovered.