Brecht E19
Operating, 25 MW · 100 MWh, in Brecht, owned by Aspiravi. Every fact below is as a published source states it, with the address beside it; a field not shown is one no source gave, and nothing is guessed.
The battery
| Power | 25 MW |
| Capacity | 100 MWh |
| Duration | 4.0 hours |
| Status | Operating, as of 19 October 2026 |
| Owner’s date | March 2026, actual, reported newly in operation on 2 March 2026 |
| Municipality | Brecht, Antwerp |
| Grid connection | Elia |
| Placed on the map | at the site itself, as mapped on OpenStreetMap (Batterijpark Brecht) |
Who is behind it
| Owner | Aspiravi |
| Built by | SPIE (control, grid connection, medium voltage) |
Not published anywhere we have found: ultimate owner, developer, traded by. The page says so rather than guessing.
In Elia’s list
Elia schedules this battery under the name below. Elia usually starts scheduling a battery when it begins testing, so the first day here is when it reached the grid, not when it began commercial operation.
| Elia’s name | First listed | Last listed | Power, as Elia lists it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brecht E19 BESS | 13 March 2026 | still listed | 24 MW from 13 March 2026 |
Elia Transmission Belgium, open data dataset ods179, Elia Open Data Licence.
What the sources say
Elia lists 24.25 MW from March 2026. Aspiravi’s project page says it is in operation.
Evidence and sources
- owner: aspiravi.com/en/projects/brecht
- size: constructionreviewonline.com/news/25-mw-brecht-bess-in-belgium-selects-spie-…
- status: nuhma.be/aspiravi-versterkt-het-energienet-nieuw-batteri…
- position: openstreetmap.org/way/1488612689
From the owners’, developers’ and builders’ own releases and the trade press, read by Vitreous, joined to Elia’s list by name. This page carries no money: no Belgian body publishes what a named battery earns. List id BE-B12.