LEAG

Berlin – November 03, 2026 -- RWE and LEAG secured nine of the eleven power plants awarded in the first tender under Germany's Electricity Supply Security Act (Strom-VKG), and no battery storage project won an award, according to Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH).

Gas plants take every award as battery storage is shut out

Only fossil gas plants received awards in the first round. DUH attributes this to special criteria on operating life and manufacturing in the first two tender rounds, which it says effectively exclude battery storage. Not a single battery storage bidder succeeded.

RWE wins three plants, LEAG six, a municipal utility one

Of the eleven awarded plants, three belong to RWE and six to LEAG. Only one is owned by a municipal company. DUH describes this as a strong concentration of market power among large fossil-fuel groups.