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BESS Leuna

185 MW, 406 MWh (2.2 hours) in Merseburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, registered as operating since 18 March 2026. Everything on this page is read from Germany’s register of power units and the other published records named beside each fact.

What it is

The register holds this battery as four units.

UnitRegister numberMWMWhCommissionedBatteryGrid operator check
BESS Leuna 2SEE9275827921264610218 March 2026Lithiumunder check
BESS Leuna 3SEE963537340127461021 June 2026Lithiumunder check
BESS Leuna 4SEE969468708715461024 June 2026Lithiumunder check
BESS Leuna 1SEE9804613580114610230 March 2026Lithiumunder check

Power is the net power the operator registered, the most the unit may feed into the grid. Energy is the usable capacity of the unit’s installation. A grid operator check marked “checked” means the grid company has confirmed the entry; “under check” means it has not yet. On the large sites we compared, the register’s commissioning date often came months before the owner’s announced start, which suggests it records first energisation.

Who runs it and who owns it

Operator in the registerCommercial register entry, as the operator gave itSeat
Münch NextGen Storage GmbHAmtsgericht Bayreuth HRB 8425Rugendorf, Bayern
Münch VoltDepot GmbHAmtsgericht Bayreuth HRB 8427Rugendorf, Bayern
Münch SmartCharge Systems GmbHAmtsgericht Bayreuth HRB 8426Rugendorf, Bayern
Münch NatureDepot GmbHAmtsgericht Bayreuth HRB 8428Rugendorf, Bayern

Owner. Münch Gruppe, Rugendorf (family business; owners not named), through Münch group, presumed. Inferred: the operator shares a company address with this family, and its own entry was not read. Every battery of this family.

The register names the operator, the company that runs the unit. The owner behind it comes from the commercial register (Handelsregister) or the owner’s own publication, as marked. The register number is the one the operator typed in; on 11 October 2026 we found it wrong or missing for 26 of the companies we looked up.

Who trades it and what it is built from

Owner, as publishedMünch Energie (Münch Gruppe) realised and runs the Leuna-Krumpa cluster pv magazine Deutschland, 13 August 2026
Owner, as publishedMünch Energie, part of the owner-managed Münch Gruppe based in Rugendorf cleanthinking.de, 16 August 2026
Trades its outputSuena Energy markets three assets in the Münch cluster (about 300 MWh); the three assets are not named ESS News, 25 March 2026
Trades its outputSuena takes over marketing of about 300 MWh (three systems of 49.5 MW / 101 MWh) from Münch Energie in Saxony-Anhalt; sites not named; contract length not stated pv magazine Deutschland, 24 March 2026
Battery systemCNTE (Contemporary Nebula Technology Energy) supplied the storage systems for BESS Leuna 1 and BESS Leuna 2 CNTE press release (PR Newswire), 28 August 2026
Battery systemCNTE supplied the storage systems for BESS Leuna 3 and BESS Leuna 4 (about 50 MW / 100 MWh each) CNTE press release (PR Newswire), 28 August 2026
Power, as the owner gives it250 MW for the whole five-part cluster near Leuna-Krumpa (register groups 197 MW here plus Krumpa I 46.3 MW separately) pv magazine Deutschland, 13 August 2026
Power, as the owner gives itBESS Leuna 1 and Leuna 2: about 50 MW each, 100 MW combined (register: 46.3 MW each) CNTE press release (PR Newswire), 28 August 2026
Energy, as the owner gives itAbout 500 MWh at inauguration, with expansion to 800 MWh planned by end of 2026 pv magazine Deutschland, 13 August 2026
Energy, as the owner gives itBESS Leuna 1 and Leuna 2: about 100 MWh each, 200 MWh combined CNTE press release (PR Newswire), 28 August 2026
In operation, as the owner gives it2026-08-13 official inauguration of the cluster pv magazine Deutschland, 13 August 2026
In operation, as the owner gives itBESS Leuna 1 and Leuna 2 commissioned in March 2026 (2026-03) CNTE press release (PR Newswire), 28 August 2026
In operation, as the owner gives itBESS Leuna 3 and Leuna 4 commissioned in June 2026 (2026-06) CNTE press release (PR Newswire), 28 August 2026
Also publishedCluster is five sub-plants on several purpose-built substations totalling 300 MVA pv magazine Deutschland, 13 August 2026
Also publishedDAL/Deutsche Leasing Finance led a bank consortium financing one construction phase of two units, 100 MW / 200 MWh; total project to reach 400 MW / 800 MWh DAL press release, 27 January 2026
Also publishedFinancing covered two BESS of 50 MW / 100 MWh each, part of a five-BESS 250 MW portfolio; lenders a consortium led by DAL/Deutsche Leasing Finance; Capcora advised Capcora (financial adviser) news, 27 January 2026
Also publishedThe three Suena-marketed assets are each 49.5 MW / 101 MWh; two run standalone, the third is a grey-power co-location asset sharing about 50 MW of grid connection with a 60 MW solar plant ESS News, 25 March 2026

From published documents: the owners’, builders’ and optimisers’ own announcements and the trade press, each linked. Where the owner’s power or energy differs from the register’s, both are shown and every figure on this site uses the register’s.

Where it connects

Grid companyMitteldeutsche Netzgesellschaft Strom mbH
Connected atthe high to medium voltage transformer level
MunicipalityMerseburg, district of Saalekreis
StateSachsen-Anhalt
Land parcelBeuna, Flur 3, Flurstück 1120; Beuna, Flur 3, Flurstück 1121; Beuna, Flur 3, Flurstück 1122; Beuna, Flur 3, Flurstück 1123
Registered position51.3059, 11.9682
Register locationSEL920726524430, SEL928382621357, SEL942831005789, SEL951990560022

As registered. The grid company and voltage come from the register’s public unit table; the position is the one the operator registered. See it on the Atlas.

What has changed in the register

First registered on 1 April 2026; last changed in the register on 12 August 2026. No change has shown in our reads since the first, on 10 October 2026.

What this page cannot show

Germany publishes no battery’s metered output. On 11 October 2026 we checked the four public sources that might carry it: the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, SMARD, the yearly EEG data and the transmission companies’ redispatch records. None gives the output of any German battery, one by one or as a fleet. So this page cannot say what the battery exported, imported or earned, as Britain’s battery pages do.

Sources: Marktstammdatenregister, Bundesnetzagentur, Datenlizenz Deutschland, Namensnennung 2.0: the full export of 15 October 2026 and the public unit table of 15 October 2026. Company details from the register’s market actor table. Owners from the commercial register and the owners’ publications, as marked. Tender awards from the Bundesnetzagentur’s award lists.