Battery storage in North Rhine-Westphalia: 679 MW operating, 1,207 MW planned
North Rhine-Westphalia ranks 2 of 16 in Germany with 679 MW of battery storage in operation (15% of capacity). A further 70 projects with 1,207 MW are registered. Source: Market master data register (BNetzA), as of 03 October 2026.
Battery storage from 1 MW. Source: Market master data register (BNetzA). As of 03 October 2026; figures update live in the browser.
679 MW
operating
58
units operating
1,207 MW
planned
#2 / 16
Rank in Germany
Federal states
| 1 | Bavaria | 921 MW | +1,301 |
| 2 | North Rhine-Westphalia | 679 MW | +1,207 |
| 3 | Saxony-Anhalt | 557 MW | +637 |
| 4 | Lower Saxony | 444 MW | +505 |
| 5 | Saxony | 404 MW | +2,789 |
| 6 | Brandenburg | 360 MW | +2,607 |
| 7 | Schleswig-Holstein | 331 MW | +491 |
| 8 | Baden-Württemberg | 162 MW | +594 |
| 9 | Thuringia | 161 MW | +85 |
| 10 | Rhineland-Palatinate | 126 MW | +564 |
| 11 | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 117 MW | +739 |
| 12 | Hesse | 115 MW | +91 |
| 13 | Saarland | 64 MW | +36 |
| 14 | Bremen | 19 MW | +65 |
| 15 | Hamburg | 8 MW | +1 |
| 16 | Berlin | 3 MW | +10 |
Largest storage in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Batteriespeicher Westfalen 3Hamm, Nordrhein-Westfalen · planned · 2028538 MW / 1,146 MWh
- Batteriespeicher Westfalen 1Hamm, Nordrhein-Westfalen · operating · 2024174.2 MW / 151 MWh
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