With the »GigaBattery Jänschwalde 1000«, German energy company LEAG is planning what is currently Europe’s largest battery storage facility. In its announcement on November 6th, LEAG stated an output of one gigawatt and a capacity of four gigawatt hours. The »Smartstack« energy storage solution from Fluence Energy GmbH is to be used. A »comprehensive supply contract« has already been signed.
According to LEAG, their collaboration with Fluence includes supplying battery systems with lithium iron phosphate cells, integrating the electrical engineering equipment, and constructing the storage facility. A ten-hectare site southeast of the Jänschwalde power plant has been earmarked for this purpose. Siemens Energy will supply the switchgear for connection to the 380 kV grid. Once completed, LEAG states that the GigaBattery will be able to cover the electricity consumption of more than 1.6 million households for four hours with its stored energy.
However, the company does not provide any information on the start of construction in its announcement. The battery storage facility is part of LEAG’s planned »Gigawatt Factory«. By 2030, LEAG aims to produce up to seven gigawatts of electricity from renewable energy power plants in the Lusatian lignite mining area.
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