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One of Germany’s largest energy storage facilities is being built near the decommissioned Grohnde nuclear power plant. On March 1, we presented our plans to interested citizens. Pullach, March 2025: The municipality of Emmerthal near Hamelin in Lower Saxony is becoming a pioneer in the integration of renewable energies into the electricity grid: We will build a battery energy storage system (BESS) in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned nuclear...

GESI project presented in Grohnde

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The new German government and the Federal Network Agency should pave the way for large-scale batteries instead of erecting new hurdles and making private sector initiatives more difficult. From GESI CEO Walter Raizner +++ This article was first published in the FAZ +++ The year got off to a promising start in terms of the energy transition: strong winds boosted electricity production. As a result, the price of electricity on...

The key to a successful energy transition

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Memory facts series (III) | There has been repeated talk in the media recently of a “boom” in large batteries. However, there is still a huge gap between supply and demand. “A battery tsunami is rolling in”, was the recent headline in “Der Spiegel”. A “second German energy miracle” is currently in the offing, which could make electricity cheaper than ever. Unfortunately, the subjunctive mood is more than appropriate here,...

“Battery tsunami” or micro-wave?

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Storage facts series (II) | Large-scale batteries significantly reduce GermanCO2 emissions. How high the savings actually are depends on the assumptions and calculation method. If you want to calculate the effect of large-scale battery storage systems on the climate, you have to deal intensively with technical details, make numerous assumptions and take complex interactions into account. Numerous adjustments can therefore be made to make the balance look good or bad...

How climate-friendly are storage projects?

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Large-scale battery storage planned in Bergrheinfeld near Schweinfurt – constructive exchange with interested citizens Pullach, December 17. The planned construction of a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Bergrheinfeld will make the region a pioneer in the integration of renewable energies. The project is intended to help balance out fluctuations in the electricity grid, reduce the use of fossil fuel power plants and maximize the use of solar and wind...

Public information event on new GESI project

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Storage facts series (I) | An analysis by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems for GESI underlines: Storage systems are a decisive lever for an affordable energy transition. Large-scale batteries can significantly reduce electricity prices and thus make an important contribution to strengthening Germany as a business location and the competitiveness of our economy. This is shown by calculations by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, which we...

How large-scale batteries reduce the price of electricity

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GESI Giga Batteries in the media

07/03/2025: The solar flood, WirtschaftsWoche

02/03/2025: Huge investments worth millions are at stake: Emmerthal in demand as a location for energy projects, Deister and Weser newspaper

12/02/2025: How bad will the “battery tsunami” really be? WirtschaftsWoche

25/01/2025: Borna attracts battery investors – Several large storage facilities planned, Leipziger Volkszeitung

10/01/2025: The key to a successful energy transition by GESI CEO Walter Raizner, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

21/12/2024: Silent night, windless night, WirtschaftsWoche

19/12/2024: A large battery storage facility is planned in Bergrheinfeld, Mainpost

07/11/2024: From deposit box to mega store, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

22/10/2024: Will large-scale batteries advance the energy transition? WirtschaftsWoche

26/06/2024: New joint venture for the construction of large-scale storage facilities,

Energy & Management

25/06/2024: The Mobility House and GESI plan to build and market eight gigawatts of battery storage capacity in Germany

pv magazine

31/01/2024: Storing money in electricity storage systems,

portfolio institutional

12/01/2024: Can nuclear power plants become electricity storage facilities?

ZDF

02/01/2024: Heuking advises on structuring of GESI Green Energy Storage Initiative SE ,

Law & Politics

15/12/2023: Entrepreneurs and top managers launch Green Energy Storage Initiative,

Environment Journal

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