Oil majors win big as ‘negative bidding’ decides Germany’s 7GW offshore wind auction
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Oil majors BP and TotalEnergies won all of the capacity on offer in Germany’s 7GW offshore wind auction, which was settled by so-called ‘negative bidding’ after zero-subsidy bids dominated the initial round.
by Craig Richard