Harmony Energy to install 100-MW Tesla battery in France

UK renewables developer-operator Harmony Energy on Friday announced plans to build a 100-MW/200-MWh battery in France, set to create the country’s largest energy storage system.

The Chevire facility will offer two hours of discharge capacity, which will be enough to supply the average needs of 170,000 homes. The project will deploy Tesla Inc’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Megapack technology.

The battery energy storage system (BESS) will be constructed in Nantes Saint-Nazaire Harbour, on a site that housed the already retired Chevire oil, coal and gas power station. Once in operation, it will provide critical balancing services to the French electricity grid network and enable the further addition of renewable energy to replace fossil fuels.

Harmony Energy plans to start building works shortly and bring the BESS online in the winter season of 2025.

Set up in 2010, Harmony Energy is currently operating more than 1 GW of batteries in the UK and has a European pipeline exceeding 13 GW. In March, the company energised a 99 MW/198 MWh battery in Essex, England, in partnership with renewables developer-operator Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV).

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