Industrial Storage

Introduction

Battery storage project for 240 electric buses of HOCHBAHN Hamburg

be.storaged supported HOCHBAHN Hamburg in the planning and implementation of a 4 MWh LFP battery storage system to support the charging infrastructure for 240 electric buses. The project was part of the “KoLa” research initiative with Stromnetz Hamburg and two universities.

Project details

Energy for 240 electric buses

At the depot of Hamburger HOCHBAHN AG, numerous buses need to be charged simultaneously within a short period of time.

Without intelligent energy management, this could result in high grid fees and grid overloads.

At be.storaged, we realized the battery energy storage system (BESS) with 4.6 MWh capacity and 4 MW power. The LFP storage is container-based, connected to the 20 kV grid and is controlled by our energy management system okean.

The system cuts peak loads, optimizes self-consumption and enables economical market participation. It is scalable for grid services and load management.

In this way, HOCHBAHN increases its energy autonomy, reduces costs and reduces CO₂ emissions.

The project is the first large-scale battery storage system at an electric bus depot in Germany – a milestone for the energy and transport transition.

Hamburg

Year of construction: 2024
Customer: Hamburger HOCHBAHN AG

We are gaining initial operational experience in the construction and operation of battery storage systems, which are valuable for our future projects

Ramy Solimann
Engineer, HOCHBAHN Hamburg

Facts and figures

All facts about the project

Here you will find all the important information on technical specifications, system structure, fields of application as well as the performance provided by us and other exciting facts and figures about the project.

Full EPC
Ongoing: O&M (Operation and Maintenance)
EMS okean

Battery energy storage system (BESS): LFP battery storage in a 45-inch container
Inverter: 4MVA + 4 MVA transformer
Integration: Directly on the 20 kV operating network, PV system planned

4.6 MWh capacity
4 MW power

Procurement optimization
Atypical grid usage

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Energy management system

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