Verbund places order for new large storage facility

16.07.2025

Source: E & M powernews

Verbund will expand its storage capacities in Germany and is targeting a total of 1,000 MW of installed capacity by 2030.

According to a statement from the Austrian energy group "Verbund", it has commissioned Fluence Energy GmbH to build large-scale batteries with a total output of more than 92 MW and a storage capacity of 186 MWh. There are two projects, one in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate and one in the Vogtland district in Thuringia.

In Weißenthurm-Kettig in Rhineland-Palatinate, an output of 50 MW and a storage capacity of 100 MWh are planned. The project in Elsterberg-Coschütz in Thuringia is planned with 42.9 MW and 86.5 MWh.

According to Verbund, it already has 110 MW with 130 MWh of storage capacity in operation at more than a dozen locations in Germany. Overall, the group's goal is to have around 1,000 MW of storage capacity installed by 2030. The Austrian energy group's focus is on operating the facilities and marketing them, according to the press release. Accordingly, the company also emphasizes that the storage facilities can also be used for trading on the various energy markets, such as the intraday market.
"With our innovative trading algorithms, we can optimally market the battery storage systems and thus make a significant contribution to a stable electricity grid. This partnership is a further step towards a secure and affordable energy system in Germany," says Karl Potz, Head of Battery Storage Systems at Verbund.

At the end of June this year, the Verbund subsidiary "Energy4Business Germany" and Stadtwerke Münster founded a joint venture with Batteriespeicher Münster GmbH, which is to connect a 16 MW storage system to the grid in the Westphalian municipality. Following the end of the tendering phase, construction work is set to begin in 2026. The plant should be operational by 2027 at the latest.

Author: Fritz Wilhelm