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Montenegro determines quota, maximum price for solar power auction

Montenegro determines quota maximum price for solar power auction

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July 6, 2025

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At the forthcoming auction for market premiums for electricity from solar power plants in Montenegro, the participants will bid for state support for 250 MW in total capacity. The maximum price to compete for is EUR 65 per MWh and the contracts will last 12 years.

The Government of Montenegro adopted the decisions and directives necessary for issuing a public call to auction for solar power projects of at least 400 kW. The lowest bids will win, and the maximum price is EUR 65 per MWh. Market premiums will be awarded, via 12-year contracts for difference (CfDs).

Conducting renewable electricity auctions is one of the commitments toward the European Union that were defined by the Reform Agenda of Montenegro 2024-2027. It contains the conditions for the approval of up to EUR 383 million from the Growth Plan for the Western Balkans and the Reform and Growth Facility (RGF).

The sum consists of EUR 110 million in grants via the Western Balkans Investment Framework and highly concessional loans, as the EU calls them. WBIF would provide EUR 95 million and the remainder is for the state treasury.

The commission responsible for the auction will extend the quota by up to 50 MW if it fits in one or more eligible projects in their entirety

The country plans solar and wind power auctions for 400 MW in total capacity. The quota for the first auction for the rights to market premiums, only for photovoltaic projects, is 250 MW.

However, the quota can be extended, by a maximum of 20%. The government said the extra 50 MW is available for the inclusion of an entire eligible project that entered the quota only partially, or more such projects, in case the bids for them were equal. But if the part of the capacity outside of the quota is larger than the possible extension, the commission would award a market premium only for the part that did fit the quota.

Conversely, in case a share of the quota isn’t awarded, it can be switched to the next auction.

Under a CfD, the operator of a renewable electricity plant has a guaranteed price, approved through the auction. When the firm sells electricity in the market at a higher price, it must return the difference. And vice versa: when the beneficiary gets less per megawatt-hour than the contract price, they are reimbursed.

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