Tesla’s grid-scale Megapack batteries have been chosen for yet one more battery vitality storage system (BESS) in Europe, which is about to turn into one of many greatest tasks of its variety on the continent.
On Tuesday, European vitality supplier Return detailed plans for the following section of Mission 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 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 shall be ample to energy over 200,000 households within the Vlissingen space, with the flexibility to discharge a number of occasions per day.
“Mission Mufasa is a game-changer for battery storage within the Netherlands,” stated Arno Hendriks, Lion Storage Co-Founder. “As the primary of its variety to safe full venture financing, it proves that vitality storage is not only 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. Mission 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 expertise and powerful strategic partnerships, we’re driving a wiser, extra resilient vitality 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 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 better, 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 affect.”
Tesla has deployed or been concerned in bulletins regarding a number of BESS tasks up to now a number of months, with latest 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, situated in Shanghai, China, after spending the previous few years ramping manufacturing at its Lathrop, California manufacturing facility.
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