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Battery storage · Germany

Batteriespeicher Filsum

Operator Vikings Energys GmbH & Co. KG

Planned2 MWData checked 10 November 2026

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Batteriespeicher Filsum is a 2 MW battery storage site 10 km west of Apen, Filsum, Leer, Niedersachsen, Germany. It first operated in 2027. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is planned. There are 17 other energy sites within 10 km, one of them a battery storage site. The register holds no incident at this site. It holds 17 incidents at battery storage sites in Germany, and 196 worldwide.

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The pack for this site lists 8 comparable battery incidents in Germany, grid-scale only, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-1586, Third battery fire at Suncycle site in Thuringia, 347 km from this site.

ReferenceYearIncidentFrom the siteSeverity
EIR-15862024Third battery fire at Suncycle site in Thuringia347 kmSignificant
EIR-24372024Battery container fire causes EUR 700,000 damage at German test centre347 kmSignificant
EIR-00972026Battery storage fire in Bautzen, Germany prompts local evacuations515 kmSignificant
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Summary for this site

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In the full pack
Technology
Battery storage (Usable capacity 4 MWh, Lithium-Batterie)
Capacity
2 MW
Capacity figure from
Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
Status
Planned (In planning)
Operator
Vikings Energys GmbH & Co. KG
Location
Filsum, Leer, Niedersachsen, 26849, Germany
First operating
2027

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Alerts for applications and incidents near here

None found. The register holds no published incident that names Batteriespeicher Filsum. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).

Has Batteriespeicher Filsum had a fire or other incident?
None is on the register as of 10 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names Batteriespeicher Filsum; it holds 17 incidents at battery storage sites in Germany.
What is the status of Batteriespeicher Filsum?
Planned, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
Where is Batteriespeicher Filsum?
10 km west of Apen, Filsum, Leer, Niedersachsen, Germany (postcode 26849).

Source: Marktstammdatenregister, Bundesnetzagentur, Datenlizenz Deutschland, Namensnennung, Version 2.0 (www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0). The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts. Nearest town: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).