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Last updated Nov 8, 2026

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Germany awards first gas backup power contracts under coal-exit plan

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Calls for the second auction to be stopped

Germany's network regulator awarded 11 contracts for 5.16 gigawatts of gas-fired backup capacity on Nov. 3. LEAG and RWE took ten of them, including a LEAG subsidiary, and the average support price was €155,296 per megawatt over 15 years, below the €244,000 cap.

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