The shareholders of the 900MW Waltrop BESS project in Germany have approved key infrastructure works for the project, with full construction scheduled for the next few months.
BW ESS’ executive director Roberto Jimenez discusses the company’s recently-announced first Germany project, in Klostermansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, which could be one of Europe’s largest when completed in 2028.
There’s been a flurry of project completions across Europe this past week, with projects completed in Germany, Estonia, Belgium, Denmark and Bulgaria by RheinEnergie/SMA, BSP, BStor, European Energy and Sunotec respectively, totalling nearly 700MWh of capacity.
A shift is happening in Europe’s commercial & industrial (C&I) energy storage market, and integrated energy storage solutions provider Hithium is addressing this demand with a purpose-built 4-hour solution.
Energy companies are accelerating battery storage deployment in Germany, with TotalEnergies and Kyon, Envision Energy and Ju:niz, and Flower announcing significant project developments and acquisitions.
Three massive BESS projects have been launched in Europe: BW ESS has broken ground on a 1GW/5.7GWh system in Germany, while Greenvolt and Giga Storage have enlisted suppliers (BYD and Tesla) for 2.4GWh and 2.8GWh projects in Poland and Belgium.
EnBW and VPI have launched construction on large-scale BESS projects in Germany, while Elements Green and Eku Energy have agreed supply and acquisition deals respectively for separate 400MW/1,600MWh projects.
Germany’s policymakers, regulators and energy storage industry must carefully consider the issues of grid connections and grid fees, writes Thomas Antonioli of developer Terra One.
