The gas-fired plants are planned for 2031 to back up wind and solar power. A new consumer levy will finance annual costs of just over €800 million, but its effect on individual bills is unclear.
Germany’s Federal Network Agency selected 11 power station projects on 3 November to provide electricity when wind and solar generation is insufficient. The plants are to be built across the country by 2031.
The tender drew 41 bids, with 10 successful projects going to energy companies RWE, LEAG or their affiliates, DW said.
The projects are expected to cost just over €800 million a year. All electricity consumers will pay through a new levy that will raise prices, though the size of the increase is unclear.
The plants will initially burn natural gas. The plan is for them to use climate-neutral hydrogen by 2045 at the latest.
Greenpeace criticized the plan for prolonging dependence on fossil fuels and said alternatives such as energy storage systems had been excluded from the first tender.
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