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Large 500-million-euro battery storage plant planned for Waltrop
Original: In # Waltrop entsteht für rund 500 Millionen Euro ein großer # Batteriespeicher . 800 Container mit Lithium-Akkus sollen
A large battery storage facility is being built in Waltrop, Germany, at a cost of around 500 million euros. The plant will use 800 containers of lithium batteries to store up to 1,800 megawatt hours of electricity and deliver up to 900 megawatts of power. It is intended to feed surplus wind and solar energy into the grid when needed, supporting Germany's transition to renewable power.
Why now: Interest in large-scale battery storage is growing as Germany expands wind and solar power and needs ways to buffer surplus renewable electricity.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 2 snapshots from 2 h ago to 47 min ago.
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- In # Waltrop entsteht für rund 500 Millionen Euro ein großer # Batteriespeicher . 800 Container mit Lithium-Akkus sollen 1.800 Megawattstunden Strom speichern und bis zu 900 Megawatt Leistung bereitstellen. Überschüssiger # Windstrom und # Solarstrom kann so später ins Netz… · tinoeberl@mastodon.online · 6
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