Schaper Grid Energy Storage Herford
18 MW, 42 MWh (2.3 hours) in Herford, Nordrhein-Westfalen, registered as operating since 14 December 2022. 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 one unit.
| Unit | Register number | MW | MWh | Commissioned | Battery | Grid operator check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schaper Grid Energy Storage Herford | SEE983264343635 | 18 | 42 | 14 December 2022 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Schaper Grid Energy Storage Füllenkamp GmbH | Amtsgericht Bad Oeynhausen HRA 18821 | Herford, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Owner. Schaper Group. Reported in the trade press and not yet confirmed by the owner or the commercial register. Evidence: WAGO customer case study, undated: "the Schaper Group independently built and now operates". Checked 16 October 2026. 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 | Schaper Group built and operates the system WAGO customer case study |
| Trades its output | Unnamed marketing partner for primary and secondary control reserve and energy trading WAGO customer case study |
| Built by | Schaper Group (self-built); WAGO supplied control, regulation and data technology WAGO customer case study |
| Energy, as the owner gives it | About 20.8 built, expansion to 41.6 planned (register holds 41.6 MWh) WAGO customer case study |
| In operation, as the owner gives it | Grid connected 2024-01-01; active in energy markets since 2024-09-10 (register 2022-12-14) WAGO customer case study |
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 | Westfalen Weser Netz GmbH |
| Connected at | low voltage |
| Municipality | Herford |
| State | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Registered position | 52.1301, 8.6561 |
| Register location | SEL911842227916 |
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 19 December 2023; last changed in the register on 18 March 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.