A German auction for offshore wind sites ended without any awards on Aug. 1, Germany's Federal Network Agency announced Aug. 6. The auction, covering two sites in the North Sea that are scheduled to go into operation in 2030 and 2031 for a total planned capacity of 2.5 gigawatts, failed to attract any bidders, prompting the German Offshore Wind Energy Association to call for the auction design to be overhauled.