Our large-scale battery storage systems contribute to the decarbonisation of the energy system by increasingly displacing fossil power plants from the market when there is no wind or darkness. A post-fossil energy supply needs much more storage.

The necessary expansion of renewable energies leads to weather-related price fluctuations on the energy markets. The current gas and commodity crisis is further exacerbating the trend. Our storage facilities compensate for price extremes and thus ensure greater price stability.

Our large-scale battery storage systems impact on to the pulse of the European interconnected grid. They provide system services to compensate for disruptions in the electricity grids. In this way, they contribute to the security and stability of the energy supply, a cornerstone of our prosperity.

Our large-scale battery storage systems smooth out load peaks in the distribution grids. Market-linked storage systems charge anti-cyclically in times of high feed-in from wind and solar plants. Grid congestion is relieved, more renewable plants can be connected and costly grid expansion is avoided.

In times of high wind or solar generation, our large-scale battery storage systems use the favourable market prices signals for charging. This relieves the strain on the grids in the vicinity of the storage facilities. Local shutdown of wind and solar power plants is avoided, so that the clean electricity can be transported to the centres of consumption via the relieved grids.

Our large-scale battery storage systems are necessary buffers for smoothing local fluctuations in grid voltage. Regional grids become more robust the more storage units are connected to their grid. With the imminent introduction of a so-called reactive power market, this grid-supporting behaviour will be additionally rewarded.