Battery storage · Germany
BESS Altena
Operator Enexdo BESS Altena GmbH & Co. KG
Planned2.5 MWData checked 10 November 2026
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BESS Altena is a 2.5 MW battery storage site 5.1 km north-east of Lüdenscheid, Altena, Märkischer Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. It first operated in 2027. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is planned. There are 15 other energy sites within 10 km, 2 of them battery storage sites. 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, 237 km from this site.
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| EIR-1586 | 2024 | Third battery fire at Suncycle site in Thuringia | 237 km | Significant |
| EIR-2437 | 2024 | Battery container fire causes EUR 700,000 damage at German test centre | 237 km | Significant |
| EIR-0097 | 2026 | Battery storage fire in Bautzen, Germany prompts local evacuations | 470 km | Significant |
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Summary for this site
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In the full packThe site
- Technology
- Battery storage (Usable capacity 5 MWh, Lithium-Batterie)
- Capacity
- 2.5 MW
- Capacity figure from
- Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
- Status
- Planned (In planning)
- Operator
- Enexdo BESS Altena GmbH & Co. KG
- Location
- Altena, Märkischer Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 58762, Germany
- First operating
- 2027
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Incidents on the register at this site
None found. The register holds no published incident that names BESS Altena. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).
Questions
- Has BESS Altena had a fire or other incident?
- None is on the register as of 10 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names BESS Altena; it holds 17 incidents at battery storage sites in Germany.
- What is the status of BESS Altena?
- Planned, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
- Where is BESS Altena?
- 5.1 km north-east of Lüdenscheid, Altena, Märkischer Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (postcode 58762).
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).