Tesla’s grid-scale Megapack batteries have been chosen for one more battery vitality storage system (BESS) in Europe, which is about to turn into one of many greatest tasks of its sort on the continent.
On Tuesday, European vitality supplier Return detailed plans for the subsequent section of Venture Mufasa, a 350MW/1.4GWh Tesla Megapack facility in Vlissingen, Netherlands, as introduced in a press launch. The positioning is being developed by the corporate’s Lion Storage model and is anticipated to turn into operational by 2027, that includes 372 of Tesla’s four-hour 2XL Megapacks and turning into the most important BESS within the Netherlands and one of many largest throughout Europe.
Return will oversee development of the positioning and it’ll additionally make the most of a former coal-fired energy plant in its connection to {the electrical} grid. The corporate additionally says that the quantity of energy will probably be ample to energy over 200,000 households within the Vlissingen space, with the power to discharge a number of occasions per day.
“Venture Mufasa is a game-changer for battery storage within the Netherlands,” mentioned Arno Hendriks, Lion Storage Co-Founder. “As the primary of its sort to safe full undertaking financing, it proves that vitality storage isn’t just viable—it’s investable.”
The undertaking is valued at over 350 million euros (~$365.6 million), and funding is being backed by Macquarie Capital because the lead fairness investor, together with TINC, present Return buyers, and 6 different banks. Venture Mufasa leaders are additionally partnering with Eneco, which can use income index fashions to assist oversee and optimize day-to-day operations on the facility.
“With cutting-edge know-how and robust strategic partnerships, we’re driving a wiser, extra resilient vitality future and setting the bar for what’s subsequent in Europe,” mentioned Jeroen Althoff, fellow Lion Storage Co-Founder.
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“At Return, we’re not simply constructing vitality storage—we’re shaping the spine of a cleaner, extra resilient energy system for Europe,” writes Willem-Jan Schutte, Return’s CEO. “The demand for dependable, large-scale storage has by no means been higher, and we’re able to ship. For these trying to be a part of the vitality transition—whether or not as companions, clients, or buyers—Return is the place innovation meets influence.”
Tesla has deployed or been concerned in bulletins referring to a number of BESS tasks up to now a number of months, with current tasks turning into operational in Austria, Puerto Rico, and Texas, to call just some. Earlier this month, the corporate additionally started manufacturing at its second Megapack manufacturing unit, positioned in Shanghai, China, after spending the previous few years ramping manufacturing at its Lathrop, California manufacturing facility.
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