Tesla’s grid-scale Megapack batteries have been chosen for one more battery power storage system (BESS) in Europe, which is about to turn out to be one of many greatest tasks of its sort on the continent.
On Tuesday, European power supplier Return detailed plans for the subsequent part of Undertaking Mufasa, a 350MW/1.4GWh Tesla Megapack facility in Vlissingen, Netherlands, as introduced in a press launch. The location is being developed by the corporate’s Lion Storage model and is anticipated to turn out to be operational by 2027, that includes 372 of Tesla’s four-hour 2XL Megapacks and changing into the biggest BESS within the Netherlands and one of many largest throughout Europe.
Return will oversee building 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 enough to energy over 200,000 households within the Vlissingen space, with the flexibility to discharge a number of instances per day.
“Undertaking Mufasa is a game-changer for battery storage within the Netherlands,” stated Arno Hendriks, Lion Storage Co-Founder. “As the primary of its sort to safe full venture financing, it proves that power storage isn’t just viable—it’s investable.”
The venture 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, current Return buyers, and 6 different banks. Undertaking Mufasa leaders are additionally partnering with Eneco, which is able to 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 power future and setting the bar for what’s subsequent in Europe,” stated Jeroen Althoff, fellow Lion Storage Co-Founder.
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“At Return, we’re not simply constructing power 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 better, and we’re able to ship. For these trying to be a part of the power transition—whether or not as companions, prospects, or buyers—Return is the place innovation meets influence.”
Tesla has deployed or been concerned in bulletins regarding a number of BESS tasks up to now a number of months, with latest tasks changing into operational in Austria, Puerto Rico, and Texas, to call only a few. Earlier this month, the corporate additionally started manufacturing at its second Megapack manufacturing facility, situated in Shanghai, China, after spending the previous couple of years ramping manufacturing at its Lathrop, California manufacturing facility.
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