GBS KW Bexbach
30 MW, 30 MWh (1 hours) in Bexbach, Saarland, registered as operating since 8 August 2016. 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 two units.
| Unit | Register number | MW | MWh | Commissioned | Battery | Grid operator check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBS 2 KW Bexbach | SEE908096553144 | 15 | 15 | 8 August 2016 | Lithium | checked |
| GBS KW Bexbach | SEE990521990150 | 15 | 15 | 25 September 2016 | Lithium | checked |
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 register | Commercial register entry, as the operator gave it | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Iqony Battery System | Amtsgericht Essen HRB 27466 | Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Owner. STEAG GmbH, Essen; its supervisory board's shareholder representatives come from Asterion Industrial Partners, through Iqony GmbH, presumed (shareholder list not read). 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 published | STEAG (now Iqony) built a 15 MW system at Bexbach, one of six 15 MW systems at its power station sites pv magazine Deutschland, 22 November 2016 |
| Battery system | Suppliers Nidec ASI and LG Chem for the six STEAG systems (roles not split) pv magazine Deutschland, 22 November 2016 |
| Power, as the owner gives it | 15 for the 2016 STEAG system (register holds two 15 MW units, 30 MW in total) solarserver, 6 November 2015 |
| In operation, as the owner gives it | Six systems connected as planned, reported 2016-11-22; planned mid-2016 to early 2017 pv magazine Deutschland, 22 November 2016 |
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 company | Amprion GmbH and Creos Deutschland GmbH |
| Connected at | high voltage (110 kV) and extra high voltage (220 or 380 kV) |
| Municipality | Bexbach, district of Saarpfalz-Kreis |
| State | Saarland |
| Permit | Kreisverwaltung Saarpfalz-Kreis, B132-236-2018-01; Kreisverwaltung Saarpflalz-Kreis, K 613-246-2016-01 |
| Registered position | 49.3637, 7.2400 |
| Register location | SEL933883666554, SEL992376828381 |
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 16 September 2020; last changed in the register on 31 July 2023. 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.