Italian utility Enel, through its renewables unit Enel Green Power Germany (EGP Germany), has signed an agreement with German developer Enertrag and Swiss energy storage solutions company Leclanché to build and manage a 22MW lithium-ion battery storage plant in Germany.

The project in Cremzow, in the German state of Brandenburg, is Enel’s first storage plant in the country and its construction will involve an investment of around €17m ($21m).