What is a call for tenders?

In the renewable energy sector, government-organized calls for tenders aim to create competition among projects in order to award a power purchase agreement to the projects that offer the best features. Currently, the most influential criteria on a candidate's score, and therefore on their chances of winning, are, in order of importance:

> The purchase price

> The carbon footprint

This means that the lower the purchase price a project proposes in its application, the greater its chances of winning. This principle, in particular, has led to a rather dramatic decrease in the average prices offered by winning bids in recent years.