Belgium’s biggest battery energy storage project has finally come online. Less than a year after construction started, the Ville-sur-Haine battery storage energy project, located in Wallonia, has come online after completing a three-day energization process.
The plant, which holds the record as the biggest in its class in Belgium, uses 53 Tesla Megapacks to deliver power for four hours or 200 MWh to the grid.
The Megapacks will store sustainably generated electricity to balance Belgium’s electricity grid. Belgium is keen to shore up its flexible energy storage capacity as it shifts from fossil fuel power plants to wind and solar energy.
Eneco, a subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp, is handling the project.
Tesla has had a massive year so far with its energy storage business. With a full quarter left, the energy division has already surpassed its performance in 2023 despite a decline in the third quarter when it deployed 6.9 GWh.
The company is also building its second Megfactory, where it plans to manufacture Megapacks starting in 2025. Tesla currently produces the Megapack at its Megafactory in Lathrop, California.
Other notable energy storage projects using Tesla’s Megapacks include the expansion of the Western Downs in Australia, the 200 MW/800 MWh Condor Energy Storage Project in California, and the 100 MW/200 MWh Project Chevire in France.
