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Battery storage · Germany

Battery Park Höxter 2

Operator Battery Park Metelen GmbH

Planned65 MWData checked 10 November 2026

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Battery Park Höxter 2 is a 65 MW battery storage site on the edge of Höxter, Germany. It first operated in 2027. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is planned. There are 10 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, 150 km from this site.

ReferenceYearIncidentFrom the siteSeverity
EIR-15862024Third battery fire at Suncycle site in Thuringia150 kmSignificant
EIR-24372024Battery container fire causes EUR 700,000 damage at German test centre150 kmSignificant
EIR-00972026Battery storage fire in Bautzen, Germany prompts local evacuations355 kmSignificant
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Summary for this site

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In the full pack
Technology
Battery storage (Usable capacity 153.4 MWh, Blei-Batterie)
Capacity
65 MW
Capacity figure from
Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
Status
Planned (In planning)
Operator
Battery Park Metelen GmbH
Location
Höxter, Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 37671, 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 Battery Park Höxter 2. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).

Has Battery Park Höxter 2 had a fire or other incident?
None is on the register as of 11 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names Battery Park Höxter 2; it holds 17 incidents at battery storage sites in Germany.
What is the status of Battery Park Höxter 2?
Planned, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
Where is Battery Park Höxter 2?
On the edge of Höxter, Germany (postcode 37671).

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).