With the ‘Schwerin 2’ expansion, the battery park will be able to provide 10MW of electricity in the market for primary frequency response, up from 5MW now.

“It is an impressive proof for the commercial success of battery storage systems in Europe that WEMAG is now investing €5m ($5.61m) to increase the available power for (grid) system services,” says Alexander Schönfeldt, commercial director at Younicos.

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