Large-scale energy storage facility opens in Germany

In northern Germany, one of the country's largest battery systems for storing power has gone online. It has a total power output of 103.5 megawatts, which is enough to run 170,000 homes for two hours.

Managed by German-Norwegian company ECO STOR, the facility helps balance the electricity grid by storing excess energy from wind and solar sources and distributing it when needed.

While such units help lower energy prices by storing cheap power for later use, critics worry about creating more storage capacity than is actually needed or can be used economically.

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