Battery storage · Germany
VPI Bad Wildungen BESS
Operator VPI FlexKraft Bad Wildungen GmbH
Planned17 MWData checked 10 November 2026
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VPI Bad Wildungen BESS is a 17 MW battery storage site on the edge of Bad Wildungen, Germany. It first operated in 2026. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is planned. There are 3 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, 133 km from this site.
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| EIR-1586 | 2024 | Third battery fire at Suncycle site in Thuringia | 133 km | Significant |
| EIR-2437 | 2024 | Battery container fire causes EUR 700,000 damage at German test centre | 133 km | Significant |
| EIR-0097 | 2026 | Battery storage fire in Bautzen, Germany prompts local evacuations | 368 km | Significant |
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Summary for this site
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In the full packThe site
- Technology
- Battery storage (Usable capacity 40 MWh, Lithium-Batterie)
- Capacity
- 17 MW
- Capacity figure from
- Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
- Status
- Planned (In planning)
- Operator
- VPI FlexKraft Bad Wildungen GmbH
- Location
- Bad Wildungen, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen, 34537, Germany
- First operating
- 2026
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Incidents on the register at this site
None found. The register holds no published incident that names VPI Bad Wildungen BESS. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).
Questions
- Has VPI Bad Wildungen BESS had a fire or other incident?
- None is on the register as of 11 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names VPI Bad Wildungen BESS; it holds 17 incidents at battery storage sites in Germany.
- What is the status of VPI Bad Wildungen BESS?
- Planned, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
- Where is VPI Bad Wildungen BESS?
- On the edge of Bad Wildungen, Germany (postcode 34537).
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).