BWO is demanding indexation of the two-sided CfD, warning that Germany is the only European offshore wind market that forgoes it and calling this a significant competitive disadvantage. Managing director Stefan Thimm says the CfD should become standard in tenders, as opposed to Berlin's plan to offer it only as a fallback when projects cannot proceed without support. The association also wants a one-time, time-limited buyback option for projects tendered in 2023-25 that have not reached final investment decision, arguing that orderly return would let new investors develop the sites. BWO welcomed the maintained 70 GW by 2045 target and the longer 35-year contract term.
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It adds indexation and a buyback mechanism to the demands BWO first made in its WindSeeG response on 17 August, when it called for a CfD-based auction design.