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Pexapark’s Q2 2026 German solar and onshore wind tenders show just how much that competition is worth. The wide range of bids highlights the importance of portfolio effects, assets’ location and remuneration scheme.
Between April and June 2026, Pexapark tendered 500+ MW solar and 350+ MW onshore wind Direktvermarktung (direct marketing) contracts across Germany with start in January 2027, spanning all vintages of EEG regimes and post-EEG.
Monatsmarktwert: profile value drives fees
Under Monatsmarktwert, a geographical clustering of Monatsmarktwert contracts due to the impact of profile value of the assets can be noticed, though not the same way for both technologies.
Onshore wind shows a clean gradient: median fees fall from +0.29 EUR/MWh in the North-west to −2.43 EUR/MWh in the South-west, a near 3 EUR/MWh swing running north to south.
Solar does not follow the same map: this year, an increase in the the occurrence of negative balancing fees could be noticed compared to last year. Its tightest fees this quarter sit in the North at −4.60 EUR/MWh. Solar plants being less prevalent in the north, means that direct marketers are willing to price more aggressively to diversify their portfolio and reduce concentration in certain areas.
Spot: fees run higher, and flatter
Spot-referenced bids clear more uniformly because the profile value is not reflected in the BRP fee. The difference in pricing is then in majority driven by the asset’s flexibility for market curtailment available to the marketer.
Onshore wind only slightly moves by region — a tight +0.00 to +1.96 EUR/MWh band with median at 1.01 EUR/MWh be observed across the country. Solar spreads are slightly wider at +1.05 to +3.60 EUR/MWh with median at +1.64 EUR/MWh.
How to read a BRP fee
The sign convention matters, so it is worth stating plainly.
The BRP fee is what a direct marketer charges to take your power to market and carry your balancing responsibility. A positive fee is a cost to the producer. A negative fee means the marketer pays the producer.
Two reference schemes dominate, and they price very differently.
Monatsmarktwert. The producer is paid against the monthly market value. The marketer absorbs the difference between the asset’s actual capture and that monthly average, so the marketer is pricing your production profile. Location and shape show up directly in the fee.
Spot. The producer is paid against actual hourly spot prices. Profile value stays with the producer, so the marketer is not pricing your shape. Fees sit higher and cluster more tightly.
Comparing a Monatsmarktwert fee against a spot fee tells you very little on its own. They transfer different risks.
Is your BRP fee where the market is clearing?
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