With energy storage systems in Central and Lower Franconia, the “North Bavaria battery storage chain” went online today. It could supply several 10,000 households with electricity for one hour. The project is particularly important for the future.

A new generation of large battery storage systems in the three-digit megawatt range is under construction — barely noticed by the public.

The Federal Network Agency recently published the scenario framework for the network development plan 2037/2045. Looking at the expansion paths for energy storage systems used for grid development, it is assumed that 67.4 gigawatts of photovoltaic battery storage systems and a further 23.7 gigawatts of large battery storage systems will be installed in the German power grid by 2037 — in 15 years.