Designed and assembled by Saft
TotalEnergies has launched what it calls the largest battery-based energy storage facility in France.
Located at the Flandres center in Dunkirk, the site has a power capacity of 61 MW and a total storage capacity of 61 MWh. It is made up of 27 containers of 2.5 MWh, designed and assembled by Saft, TotalEnergies’ battery affiliate which develops advanced batteries for industry. This project was selected as part of the long-term tender launched by the French Electricity Transmission Network (RTE) in February 2020, where TotalEnergies was awarded battery storage capacities in France.
The full commissioning of the site follows the start-up of the first 25 MW unit in January 2021.
TotalEnergies said it has commissioned the largest battery-based energy storage facility in France.
The commissioning of this…