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Battery storage · Germany

BESS_Bentwisch

Operator East Energy PV Rostock GmbH & Co.KG

Planned150 MWData checked 10 November 2026

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BESS_Bentwisch is a 150 MW battery storage site 5.3 km north-east of Rostock, Bentwisch, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It first operated in 2027. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is planned. There are 29 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-0097, Battery storage fire in Bautzen, Germany prompts local evacuations, 358 km from this site.

ReferenceYearIncidentFrom the siteSeverity
EIR-00972026Battery storage fire in Bautzen, Germany prompts local evacuations358 kmSignificant
EIR-15862024Third battery fire at Suncycle site in Thuringia365 kmSignificant
EIR-24372024Battery container fire causes EUR 700,000 damage at German test centre365 kmSignificant
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Summary for this site

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In the full pack
Technology
Battery storage (Usable capacity 300 MWh, Lithium-Batterie)
Capacity
150 MW
Capacity figure from
Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
Status
Planned (In planning)
Operator
East Energy PV Rostock GmbH & Co.KG
Location
Bentwisch, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 18182, 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 BESS_Bentwisch. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).

Has BESS_Bentwisch had a fire or other incident?
None is on the register as of 11 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names BESS_Bentwisch; it holds 17 incidents at battery storage sites in Germany.
What is the status of BESS_Bentwisch?
Planned, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
Where is BESS_Bentwisch?
5.3 km north-east of Rostock, Bentwisch, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (postcode 18182).

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).