Enlight Renewable Energy (TASE: ENLT; NASDAQ: ENLT) and ENERTRAG SE today announced the official start of construction of the Bertikow battery energy storage project in Brandenburg, Germany, following a groundbreaking ceremony held at the project site on October 13.

 The ceremony was attended by representatives from Enlight, ENERTRAG and 50Hertz, as well as politicians, partners and local residents.

Bertikow is a utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) with power capacity of 200 MW and energy storage capacity of approximately 840 MWh. The project is jointly owned by Enlight and ENERTRAG.

Located near the Bertikow substation in the Uckerfelde municipality, the project has secured land rights and grid access. The development-to-construction handover has been completed, and construction is now underway. Commercial operation is currently targeted for first half of 2028

Once operational, Bertikow is expected to participate in Germany’s day-ahead & intraday energy markets as well as ancillary services markets, providing flexibility to help balance electricity supply and demand.

The project has entered into a seven-year offtake agreement with EDF Trading for part of its capacity. The agreement represents Enlight’s first European BESS offtake transaction and marks the company’s entry into Germany’s battery storage market. The asset will be optimized by Entrix.

Osborne Clarke acted as legal advisor to Enlight and ENERTRAG in connection with the offtake transaction.