Statkraft has commissioned Germany’s largest solar battery storage hybrid power plant under the Renewable Energy Sources Act.
The €45m facility in Zerbst, Saxony-Anhalt, combines a 46.4MW solar farm with a 16MW battery system capable of storing up to 57MWh of electricity.
The hybrid project, built on a 41-hectare former gravel pit, generates around 50,000MWh of green electricity annually – enough to power 14,000 homes and save approximately 32,000 tonnes of CO₂ each year.
Barbara Flesche, executive vice president for Europe at Statkraft, said: “With the Zerbst solar park, we have implemented a major energy transition project quickly and efficiently. With this success, Statkraft has proven itself to be a reliable partner for energy infrastructure projects and one of the most important companies in the energy transition in Germany.”
The project has been feeding energy into the grid since October 2025, with final grid connection tests now underway.
Statkraft said the plant, developed in-house, marks its first hybrid renewable facility in Germany and was completed on schedule within 12 months.
Saxony-Anhalt’s minister-president Reiner Haseloff, who inaugurated the site, said: “The Zerbst solar park is a lighthouse project that shows how the energy transition in Saxony-Anhalt is succeeding. The innovative storage technology makes this hybrid power plant an important building block for grid stability and supplies reliable energy.”
Statkraft has a 4GW pipeline of wind, solar, and storage projects in Germany and pays a voluntary €100,000 annual tax to the Zerbst municipality in addition to trade taxes.