Rhineland-Palatinate's largest battery storage park to open in Worms
The facility, with a capacity of 30 MW and 65 MWh, can supply 2,000 households for twelve hours and is intended to advance the energy transition in the state.
Official launch
The largest battery storage park in Rhineland-Palatinate will be officially put into operation today at 10:00 a.m. in Worms. The facility is a joint project of the local utility EWR, W Power GmbH, and the Timbra Group. According to the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Economic Affairs, it is the biggest such installation in the state. The opening marks a concrete step in the region's efforts to integrate more renewable energy into the grid.
Technical specifications
The park has a power output of 30 megawatts and a storage capacity of 65 megawatt-hours. That capacity corresponds to the storage of around 1,200 electric cars, EWR stated. The system can supply approximately 2,000 households with electricity for up to twelve hours. This makes it a mid-sized grid-scale battery by national standards, but significant for the state's infrastructure.
Storing renewable energy
Battery storage parks like the one in Worms are designed to store surplus electricity generated from wind and solar power. When production exceeds demand, the excess is saved and can be released later, smoothing out the natural fluctuations of weather-dependent sources. This improves the usability of renewables and helps stabilize the power grid. The Worms installation is expected to reduce the curtailment of clean energy in the region.
Project partners
The project was realized by EWR, the energy supplier for Worms, together with W Power GmbH and the Timbra Group. No further details about the investment or the construction timeline were provided in the announcement. EWR already operates other storage and renewable assets in the area, but the new park is its largest storage venture to date.
