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Battery storage · Germany

BESS Rockensußra

Operator SKW Rocks

Planned50 MWData checked 10 November 2026

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BESS Rockensußra is a 50 MW battery storage site 15 km south-west of Sondershausen, Ebeleben, Kyffhäuserkreis, Thüringen, Germany. It first operated in 2026. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is planned. There are 17 other energy sites within 10 km. 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, 50 km from this site.

ReferenceYearIncidentFrom the siteSeverity
EIR-15862024Third battery fire at Suncycle site in Thuringia50 kmSignificant
EIR-24372024Battery container fire causes EUR 700,000 damage at German test centre50 kmSignificant
EIR-00972026Battery storage fire in Bautzen, Germany prompts local evacuations260 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 200 MWh, Lithium-Batterie)
Capacity
50 MW
Capacity figure from
Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
Status
Planned (In planning)
Operator
SKW Rocks
Location
Ebeleben, Kyffhäuserkreis, Thüringen, 99713, Germany
First operating
2026

View on OpenStreetMap. The larger dot is this site; the others are sites within 40 km.

Alerts for applications and incidents near here

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

Has BESS Rockensußra 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 Rockensußra; it holds 17 incidents at battery storage sites in Germany.
What is the status of BESS Rockensußra?
Planned, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
Where is BESS Rockensußra?
15 km south-west of Sondershausen, Ebeleben, Kyffhäuserkreis, Thüringen, Germany (postcode 99713).

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).