The Netherlands · the named batteries
GIGA Rhino
Operating, 12 MW · 7.5 MWh, in Lelystad, owned by GIGA Storage. 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 | 12 MW |
| Capacity | 7.5 MWh |
| Duration | 0.6 hours |
| Status | Operating, as of 20 October 2026 |
| Stated date | November 2020, in use |
| Municipality | Lelystad, ACRRES / WUR, next to Neushoorntocht wind farm, Flevoland |
| Placed on the map | at the centre of Lelystad, its municipality (GeoNames) |
| How sure | Probable: the sources agree but none confirms every fact |
Who is behind it
| Owner | GIGA Storage |
| Traded by | Repowered (from 1 April 2026) |
| Built by | NEC Energy Solutions |
What the sources say
MWh not found. Same area as Buffalo but a separate, earlier asset. No 2025-26 source re-confirms it is still in service.; Probable: operating per a 2020 source; no later confirmation; MWh unknown.
Evidence and sources
- source: solarmagazine.nl/nieuws-zonne-energie/i23021/giga-storage-neemt-…
- source: energy-storage.news/news/nec-to-build-12mw-crowdfunded-energy-stora…
- source: giga-storage.com/en/projects/rhino
- source: solarmagazine.nl/nieuws-zonne-energie/i42923/repowered-neemt-aan…
From the owners’, developers’ and builders’ own releases, grid operators’ and permit notices and the trade press, read by Vitreous. No Dutch body publishes a meter, an instruction or a payment for a named battery, so this page carries none. List id NL-B09.