Nyrstar Balen
In Elia’s schedule, start not announced, 25 MW · 100 MWh, in Balen, owned by Nala Renewables. 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 | In Elia’s schedule, start not announced, as of 19 October 2026 |
| Owner’s date | 2022, expected by the owner by the end of 2022 |
| Municipality | Balen, Antwerp |
| Grid connection | Elia, at the Nyrstar zinc smelter’s connection |
| Placed on the map | at the centre of Balen, its municipality (GeoNames) |
Who is behind it
| Owner | Nala Renewables |
| Ultimate owner | Trafigura and IFM Investors (joint venture) |
Not published anywhere we have found: developer, traded by, built 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyrstar Belgium Balen BESS 1 | 1 November 2025 | still listed | 15 MW from 1 November 2025 |
| Nyrstar Belgium Balen BESS 2 | 1 November 2025 | still listed | 10 MW from 1 November 2025 |
Elia Transmission Belgium, open data dataset ods179, Elia Open Data Licence.
What the sources say
Two units in Elia’s list, 15 MW and 10 MW, both from the start of November 2025, about three years after the owner’s stated start. No release found saying it has started commercial operation.
Evidence and sources
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-B09.