The deal has been agreed for Giga’s 300MW/1,200MWh Leopard project in Vlissingen, northern Netherlands, on which construction should start this year, as told to Energy-Storage.news by the firm’s CCO Lars Rupert in June. The time limited contract becomes active on 1 October, 2025, although Giga has previously said Leopard would come online in 2026.
The new contract type was brought in as part of the Landelijk Actieprogramma Netcongestie (National Action Programme for Grid Congestion) reforms, and aims to ease grid congestion in the Netherlands while allowing new projects to be built.
Netherlands Minister of Climate and Green Growth Sophie Hermans commented on the announcement: “We are all working very hard to expand the power grid faster, and we also need to use the grid smarter. Thanks to this new type of contract and good cooperation, it will be possible to make the best use of the space left on the grid outside ‘peak hours’. And moreover, to deploy renewable electricity when there is less sun and wind. I hope this is a breakthrough and other companies that can do so will also consider a flexible contract.’
In return for limiting when the BESS interacts with the grid, Giga Storage’s project will get a 65% discount on transmission tariffs. Energy-Storage.news interviewed research firm Aurora about the new contract recently, with analyst Jesse Hettema saying the economics of it should pencil out, and subsequently boost the grid-scale BESS market (Premium access).
However, the commercial director for Giga Storage’s peer SemperPower, which owns the two largest operational projects in the Netherlands today, was more sceptical about the time-limited contracts when asked about them. The contracts can be used by any large user of electricity, including commercial and industrial (C&I) locations that can flexibilise their power consumption.
The Dutch market appears to have turned a corner in the last year with several large-scale projects announced, alongside Giga’s Leopard, including a 640MWh BESS being developed by SemperPower in partnership with developer Corre Energy and a 1.5GWh one from Lion Storage receiving a construction permit.

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The deal has been agreed for Giga’s 300MW/1,200MWh Leopard project in Vlissingen, northern Netherlands, on which construction should start this year, as told to Energy-Storage.news by the firm’s CCO Lars Rupert in June. The time limited contract becomes active on 1 October, 2025, although Giga has previously said Leopard would come online in 2026.
The new contract type was brought in as part of the Landelijk Actieprogramma Netcongestie (National Action Programme for Grid Congestion) reforms, and aims to ease grid congestion in the Netherlands while allowing new projects to be built.
Netherlands Minister of Climate and Green Growth Sophie Hermans commented on the announcement: “We are all working very hard to expand the power grid faster, and we also need to use the grid smarter. Thanks to this new type of contract and good cooperation, it will be possible to make the best use of the space left on the grid outside ‘peak hours’. And moreover, to deploy renewable electricity when there is less sun and wind. I hope this is a breakthrough and other companies that can do so will also consider a flexible contract.’
In return for limiting when the BESS interacts with the grid, Giga Storage’s project will get a 65% discount on transmission tariffs. Energy-Storage.news interviewed research firm Aurora about the new contract recently, with analyst Jesse Hettema saying the economics of it should pencil out, and subsequently boost the grid-scale BESS market (Premium access).
However, the commercial director for Giga Storage’s peer SemperPower, which owns the two largest operational projects in the Netherlands today, was more sceptical about the time-limited contracts when asked about them. The contracts can be used by any large user of electricity, including commercial and industrial (C&I) locations that can flexibilise their power consumption.
The Dutch market appears to have turned a corner in the last year with several large-scale projects announced, alongside Giga’s Leopard, including a 640MWh BESS being developed by SemperPower in partnership with developer Corre Energy and a 1.5GWh one from Lion Storage receiving a construction permit.

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The deal has been agreed for Giga’s 300MW/1,200MWh Leopard project in Vlissingen, northern Netherlands, on which construction should start this year, as told to Energy-Storage.news by the firm’s CCO Lars Rupert in June. The time limited contract becomes active on 1 October, 2025, although Giga has previously said Leopard would come online in 2026.
The new contract type was brought in as part of the Landelijk Actieprogramma Netcongestie (National Action Programme for Grid Congestion) reforms, and aims to ease grid congestion in the Netherlands while allowing new projects to be built.
Netherlands Minister of Climate and Green Growth Sophie Hermans commented on the announcement: “We are all working very hard to expand the power grid faster, and we also need to use the grid smarter. Thanks to this new type of contract and good cooperation, it will be possible to make the best use of the space left on the grid outside ‘peak hours’. And moreover, to deploy renewable electricity when there is less sun and wind. I hope this is a breakthrough and other companies that can do so will also consider a flexible contract.’
In return for limiting when the BESS interacts with the grid, Giga Storage’s project will get a 65% discount on transmission tariffs. Energy-Storage.news interviewed research firm Aurora about the new contract recently, with analyst Jesse Hettema saying the economics of it should pencil out, and subsequently boost the grid-scale BESS market (Premium access).
However, the commercial director for Giga Storage’s peer SemperPower, which owns the two largest operational projects in the Netherlands today, was more sceptical about the time-limited contracts when asked about them. The contracts can be used by any large user of electricity, including commercial and industrial (C&I) locations that can flexibilise their power consumption.
The Dutch market appears to have turned a corner in the last year with several large-scale projects announced, alongside Giga’s Leopard, including a 640MWh BESS being developed by SemperPower in partnership with developer Corre Energy and a 1.5GWh one from Lion Storage receiving a construction permit.

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The deal has been agreed for Giga’s 300MW/1,200MWh Leopard project in Vlissingen, northern Netherlands, on which construction should start this year, as told to Energy-Storage.news by the firm’s CCO Lars Rupert in June. The time limited contract becomes active on 1 October, 2025, although Giga has previously said Leopard would come online in 2026.
The new contract type was brought in as part of the Landelijk Actieprogramma Netcongestie (National Action Programme for Grid Congestion) reforms, and aims to ease grid congestion in the Netherlands while allowing new projects to be built.
Netherlands Minister of Climate and Green Growth Sophie Hermans commented on the announcement: “We are all working very hard to expand the power grid faster, and we also need to use the grid smarter. Thanks to this new type of contract and good cooperation, it will be possible to make the best use of the space left on the grid outside ‘peak hours’. And moreover, to deploy renewable electricity when there is less sun and wind. I hope this is a breakthrough and other companies that can do so will also consider a flexible contract.’
In return for limiting when the BESS interacts with the grid, Giga Storage’s project will get a 65% discount on transmission tariffs. Energy-Storage.news interviewed research firm Aurora about the new contract recently, with analyst Jesse Hettema saying the economics of it should pencil out, and subsequently boost the grid-scale BESS market (Premium access).
However, the commercial director for Giga Storage’s peer SemperPower, which owns the two largest operational projects in the Netherlands today, was more sceptical about the time-limited contracts when asked about them. The contracts can be used by any large user of electricity, including commercial and industrial (C&I) locations that can flexibilise their power consumption.
The Dutch market appears to have turned a corner in the last year with several large-scale projects announced, alongside Giga’s Leopard, including a 640MWh BESS being developed by SemperPower in partnership with developer Corre Energy and a 1.5GWh one from Lion Storage receiving a construction permit.

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The deal has been agreed for Giga’s 300MW/1,200MWh Leopard project in Vlissingen, northern Netherlands, on which construction should start this year, as told to Energy-Storage.news by the firm’s CCO Lars Rupert in June. The time limited contract becomes active on 1 October, 2025, although Giga has previously said Leopard would come online in 2026.
The new contract type was brought in as part of the Landelijk Actieprogramma Netcongestie (National Action Programme for Grid Congestion) reforms, and aims to ease grid congestion in the Netherlands while allowing new projects to be built.
Netherlands Minister of Climate and Green Growth Sophie Hermans commented on the announcement: “We are all working very hard to expand the power grid faster, and we also need to use the grid smarter. Thanks to this new type of contract and good cooperation, it will be possible to make the best use of the space left on the grid outside ‘peak hours’. And moreover, to deploy renewable electricity when there is less sun and wind. I hope this is a breakthrough and other companies that can do so will also consider a flexible contract.’
In return for limiting when the BESS interacts with the grid, Giga Storage’s project will get a 65% discount on transmission tariffs. Energy-Storage.news interviewed research firm Aurora about the new contract recently, with analyst Jesse Hettema saying the economics of it should pencil out, and subsequently boost the grid-scale BESS market (Premium access).
However, the commercial director for Giga Storage’s peer SemperPower, which owns the two largest operational projects in the Netherlands today, was more sceptical about the time-limited contracts when asked about them. The contracts can be used by any large user of electricity, including commercial and industrial (C&I) locations that can flexibilise their power consumption.
The Dutch market appears to have turned a corner in the last year with several large-scale projects announced, alongside Giga’s Leopard, including a 640MWh BESS being developed by SemperPower in partnership with developer Corre Energy and a 1.5GWh one from Lion Storage receiving a construction permit.

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The deal has been agreed for Giga’s 300MW/1,200MWh Leopard project in Vlissingen, northern Netherlands, on which construction should start this year, as told to Energy-Storage.news by the firm’s CCO Lars Rupert in June. The time limited contract becomes active on 1 October, 2025, although Giga has previously said Leopard would come online in 2026.
The new contract type was brought in as part of the Landelijk Actieprogramma Netcongestie (National Action Programme for Grid Congestion) reforms, and aims to ease grid congestion in the Netherlands while allowing new projects to be built.
Netherlands Minister of Climate and Green Growth Sophie Hermans commented on the announcement: “We are all working very hard to expand the power grid faster, and we also need to use the grid smarter. Thanks to this new type of contract and good cooperation, it will be possible to make the best use of the space left on the grid outside ‘peak hours’. And moreover, to deploy renewable electricity when there is less sun and wind. I hope this is a breakthrough and other companies that can do so will also consider a flexible contract.’
In return for limiting when the BESS interacts with the grid, Giga Storage’s project will get a 65% discount on transmission tariffs. Energy-Storage.news interviewed research firm Aurora about the new contract recently, with analyst Jesse Hettema saying the economics of it should pencil out, and subsequently boost the grid-scale BESS market (Premium access).
However, the commercial director for Giga Storage’s peer SemperPower, which owns the two largest operational projects in the Netherlands today, was more sceptical about the time-limited contracts when asked about them. The contracts can be used by any large user of electricity, including commercial and industrial (C&I) locations that can flexibilise their power consumption.
The Dutch market appears to have turned a corner in the last year with several large-scale projects announced, alongside Giga’s Leopard, including a 640MWh BESS being developed by SemperPower in partnership with developer Corre Energy and a 1.5GWh one from Lion Storage receiving a construction permit.

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The firm signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine (SAEE) to provide the country with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells from its Norway gigafactory to help it maintain stable power.
Ukraine aims to build a distributed battery energy storage system (BESS) grid, Morrow added.
Potential deliveries under the MOU may reach gigawatt-hour levels, Morrow said, although the exact volumes are yet to be agreed. Ukraine needs a significant amount of BESS over the next few years for grid stabilising, it added.
“Securing stable power supply is important for Ukraine, and President Zelensky has defined it as a task for the government to establish energy storage facilities in every school and hospital as soon as possible. This underlines the need to build a strong battery value chain in Europe. Access to batteries produced by European vendors is a critical factor for building less vulnerable grids and ensuring batteries for mobile solutions”, said the head of SAEE Anna Zamazeeva.
“We share a great sense of urgency and will do our part in being ready to sign a firm offtake agreement with relevant authorities in Ukraine and are ready to start deliveries of battery cells from the first quarter of 2025”, says CEO Lars Christian Bacher of Morrow Batteries.
The SAEE is Ukraine’s state body responsible for implementing state policy in the areas of energy efficiency, energy saving, renewable energy sources and alternative fuels.
Morrow recently had its first gigafactory inaugurated by Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre this month though will only start full LFP manufacturing later in the year. Energy-Storage.news interviewed its COO Andreas Maier earlier this year about its decision to target the BESS market rather than EVs as most gigafactories are (Premium access).
The global slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) demand, highlighted recently by LG, means that may have been a sound commercial decision. But, it is also a strategic one for Europe and its battery industry, as it can enable the rapid deployment of crucial grid infrastructure like the projects under the MOU with Ukraine.
Ukraine’s first grid-scale BESS came online in 2021, a 2.25MWh system from investor DTEK. The firm has expanded outside of Ukraine too, recently buying a 532MWh BESS project in Poland from developer Colombus Energy.

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The firm signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine (SAEE) to provide the country with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells from its Norway gigafactory to help it maintain stable power.
Ukraine aims to build a distributed battery energy storage system (BESS) grid, Morrow added.
Potential deliveries under the MOU may reach gigawatt-hour levels, Morrow said, although the exact volumes are yet to be agreed. Ukraine needs a significant amount of BESS over the next few years for grid stabilising, it added.
“Securing stable power supply is important for Ukraine, and President Zelensky has defined it as a task for the government to establish energy storage facilities in every school and hospital as soon as possible. This underlines the need to build a strong battery value chain in Europe. Access to batteries produced by European vendors is a critical factor for building less vulnerable grids and ensuring batteries for mobile solutions”, said the head of SAEE Anna Zamazeeva.
“We share a great sense of urgency and will do our part in being ready to sign a firm offtake agreement with relevant authorities in Ukraine and are ready to start deliveries of battery cells from the first quarter of 2025”, says CEO Lars Christian Bacher of Morrow Batteries.
The SAEE is Ukraine’s state body responsible for implementing state policy in the areas of energy efficiency, energy saving, renewable energy sources and alternative fuels.
Morrow recently had its first gigafactory inaugurated by Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre this month though will only start full LFP manufacturing later in the year. Energy-Storage.news interviewed its COO Andreas Maier earlier this year about its decision to target the BESS market rather than EVs as most gigafactories are (Premium access).
The global slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) demand, highlighted recently by LG, means that may have been a sound commercial decision. But, it is also a strategic one for Europe and its battery industry, as it can enable the rapid deployment of crucial grid infrastructure like the projects under the MOU with Ukraine.
Ukraine’s first grid-scale BESS came online in 2021, a 2.25MWh system from investor DTEK. The firm has expanded outside of Ukraine too, recently buying a 532MWh BESS project in Poland from developer Colombus Energy.

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The firm signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine (SAEE) to provide the country with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells from its Norway gigafactory to help it maintain stable power.
Ukraine aims to build a distributed battery energy storage system (BESS) grid, Morrow added.
Potential deliveries under the MOU may reach gigawatt-hour levels, Morrow said, although the exact volumes are yet to be agreed. Ukraine needs a significant amount of BESS over the next few years for grid stabilising, it added.
“Securing stable power supply is important for Ukraine, and President Zelensky has defined it as a task for the government to establish energy storage facilities in every school and hospital as soon as possible. This underlines the need to build a strong battery value chain in Europe. Access to batteries produced by European vendors is a critical factor for building less vulnerable grids and ensuring batteries for mobile solutions”, said the head of SAEE Anna Zamazeeva.
“We share a great sense of urgency and will do our part in being ready to sign a firm offtake agreement with relevant authorities in Ukraine and are ready to start deliveries of battery cells from the first quarter of 2025”, says CEO Lars Christian Bacher of Morrow Batteries.
The SAEE is Ukraine’s state body responsible for implementing state policy in the areas of energy efficiency, energy saving, renewable energy sources and alternative fuels.
Morrow recently had its first gigafactory inaugurated by Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre this month though will only start full LFP manufacturing later in the year. Energy-Storage.news interviewed its COO Andreas Maier earlier this year about its decision to target the BESS market rather than EVs as most gigafactories are (Premium access).
The global slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) demand, highlighted recently by LG, means that may have been a sound commercial decision. But, it is also a strategic one for Europe and its battery industry, as it can enable the rapid deployment of crucial grid infrastructure like the projects under the MOU with Ukraine.
Ukraine’s first grid-scale BESS came online in 2021, a 2.25MWh system from investor DTEK. The firm has expanded outside of Ukraine too, recently buying a 532MWh BESS project in Poland from developer Colombus Energy.

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The firm signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine (SAEE) to provide the country with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells from its Norway gigafactory to help it maintain stable power.
Ukraine aims to build a distributed battery energy storage system (BESS) grid, Morrow added.
Potential deliveries under the MOU may reach gigawatt-hour levels, Morrow said, although the exact volumes are yet to be agreed. Ukraine needs a significant amount of BESS over the next few years for grid stabilising, it added.
“Securing stable power supply is important for Ukraine, and President Zelensky has defined it as a task for the government to establish energy storage facilities in every school and hospital as soon as possible. This underlines the need to build a strong battery value chain in Europe. Access to batteries produced by European vendors is a critical factor for building less vulnerable grids and ensuring batteries for mobile solutions”, said the head of SAEE Anna Zamazeeva.
“We share a great sense of urgency and will do our part in being ready to sign a firm offtake agreement with relevant authorities in Ukraine and are ready to start deliveries of battery cells from the first quarter of 2025”, says CEO Lars Christian Bacher of Morrow Batteries.
The SAEE is Ukraine’s state body responsible for implementing state policy in the areas of energy efficiency, energy saving, renewable energy sources and alternative fuels.
Morrow recently had its first gigafactory inaugurated by Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre this month though will only start full LFP manufacturing later in the year. Energy-Storage.news interviewed its COO Andreas Maier earlier this year about its decision to target the BESS market rather than EVs as most gigafactories are (Premium access).
The global slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) demand, highlighted recently by LG, means that may have been a sound commercial decision. But, it is also a strategic one for Europe and its battery industry, as it can enable the rapid deployment of crucial grid infrastructure like the projects under the MOU with Ukraine.
Ukraine’s first grid-scale BESS came online in 2021, a 2.25MWh system from investor DTEK. The firm has expanded outside of Ukraine too, recently buying a 532MWh BESS project in Poland from developer Colombus Energy.

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