Aug 17, 2025 · TotalEnergies has deployed a Saft lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery energy storage system (ESS) at Dunkirk, Northern France in a frequency response project that will serve as a
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1 day ago · Paris, December 21st, 2021 – TotalEnergies has launched the largest battery-based energy storage facility in France. Located at the Flandres center in Dunkirk, this site, which
China’s Envision Energy has been selected by Kallista Energy to deliver a 120 MW/240 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Saleux, northern France. The project represents Envision’s first independent storage contract in the French market and signals its continued European expansion.
With a storage capacity of 25 megawatt hours (MWh) and output of 25 MW of power, the new lithium-ion energy storage system will be the largest in France. It will be used to provide fast reserve services to support the stability of the French power grid.
Total launches a battery-based energy storage project in Mardyck, at the Flandres Center, in Dunkirk’s port district. With a storage capacity of 25 megawatt hours (MWh) and output of 25 MW of power, the new lithium-ion energy storage system will be the largest in France.
The lithium-ion battery energy storage system used for the project was provided by battery and energy storage provider Saft, which Total owns. Engineering procurement and construction (EPC) duties including civil works and system integration services were provided by Omexom, which announced the project’s completion in late January.
It has been built at the site of a former oil refinery operated and owned by Total in Dunkirk, in northern France. The lithium-ion battery energy storage system used for the project was provided by battery and energy storage provider Saft, which Total owns.
Traditionally these services would be provided by fossil fuel power plants but battery storage can respond much faster and without creating harmful pollution or emissions onsite. France is in Europe’s common market for FCR along with five other countries, with daily auctions designed to keep the grid operating at 50Hz.
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