Energy storage in vosges business park

Is totalenergies the biggest battery storage project in France?

The energy major has 103MW of capacity market contracted energy storage online or coming online in France. Interestingly however, despite presiding over the single biggest project in the country, TotalEnergies sits second in Clean Horizon’s chart of France’s most prolific (publicly announced) battery storage project owners and developers.

Where is France's largest battery energy storage system located?

reported a while back on the completion of an expansion at continental France’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project. BESS capacity at the TotalEnergies refinery site in Dunkirk, northern France, is now 61MW/61MWh over two phases, with the most recent 36MW/36MWh addition completed shortly before the end of 2021

Is energy storage a new business opportunity?

With the rise of intermittent renewables, energy storage is needed to maintain balance between demand and supply. With a changing role for storage in the ener-gy system, new business opportunities for energy stor-age will arise and players are preparing to seize these new business opportunities.

What are the requirements for energy storage projects?

Eligible energy storage systems must be larger than 1MW or 1MWh with a minimum discharge duration of 2 hours. The storage-to-plant capacity ratio (in MW) must be larger than 40% and smaller than 100%. Selected entities will benefit from grants of up to €15 million per project and €37.5 million per company.

Are energy storage projects ready for a bright future?

In anticipation of a bright future, the first projects with energy storage are being set up. We have analyzed some of these cases and clustered them according to their po-sition in the energy value chain and the type of revenues associated with the business model.

How will storage solutions impact the energy industry?

Storage solutions will create new connections between power generation and energy users, and be-tween producing/consuming players ("pro-sumers") as well. Trading and arbitrage over time will create new business opportunities for the existing and new players in the energy field. However, we are not there yet.