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Battery storage · Germany

BESS Kriegswiese

Operator FP BESS GmbH & Co. KG

Planned10 MWData checked 10 November 2026

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BESS Kriegswiese is a 10 MW battery storage site 6 km south-west of Münchberg, Stammbach, Hof, Bayern, Germany. It first operated in 2027. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is planned. There are 36 other energy sites within 10 km, 5 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, 99 km from this site.

ReferenceYearIncidentFrom the siteSeverity
EIR-15862024Third battery fire at Suncycle site in Thuringia99 kmSignificant
EIR-24372024Battery container fire causes EUR 700,000 damage at German test centre99 kmSignificant
EIR-24782026Battery storage unit fire releases gases in Obernzell, Germany221 kmSignificant
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 5 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.

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Summary for this site

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In the full pack
Technology
Battery storage (Usable capacity 20.1 MWh, Lithium-Batterie)
Capacity
10 MW
Capacity figure from
Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
Status
Planned (In planning)
Operator
FP BESS GmbH & Co. KG
Location
Stammbach, Hof, Bayern, 95236, 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 Kriegswiese. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).

Has BESS Kriegswiese 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 Kriegswiese; it holds 17 incidents at battery storage sites in Germany.
What is the status of BESS Kriegswiese?
Planned, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
Where is BESS Kriegswiese?
6 km south-west of Münchberg, Stammbach, Hof, Bayern, Germany (postcode 95236).

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).