25 February 2021: Total picks AI-driven energy platform company AutoGrid for 25MW French project The delivery of grid-balancing services from Total’s recently-commissioned 25MW / 25MWh battery storage project in Dunkirk, northern France will be managed by AutoGrid’s Flex virtual power plant (VPP) platform. Currently France’s biggest electrochemical energy storage plant — although it looks set to be overtaken for that crown soon — energy major Total was contracted by grid operator RTE to deliver the battery energy storage system (BESS) and it was announced as in operation earlier this year. The BESS comprises 11x 2.3MWh lithium-ion container solutions made by Total subsidiary Saft.