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Is Italy a good market for large-scale energy storage?

Alongside the MACSE auction, they touched on grid, project development and opportunities for software and optimisation providers. Mahael Fedele, Partner, CEO of Sphera Energy, said that Italy has several unique characteristics that make it an exciting market for large-scale storage. “The country obviously needs energy storage.

Does Italy need a long-duration energy storage system?

Local industry contacts and U.S. companies in the sector have indicated to CS Italy a need for long-duration energy-storage solutions. As of April 2023, Italy had more than 300,000 storage systems, with a total power of about 2,350 MW and a maximum capacity of about 4,000 MWh.

Are battery energy storage systems needed in Italy?

Therefore, battery energy storage systems (BESS) are needed in Italy. The Italian market for BESS is growing rapidly and currently amounts to 2.3 GW but it almost exclusively consists of residential scale systems, associated with small scale solar plants, having a capacity of less than 20 kWh.

Does Italy need electricity storage?

As Italy’s energy mix is increasingly composed of variable renewable energy sources, electricity storage will be needed to integrate power generated by renewables into the national grid and make it available when sun and wind energy are not accessible.

How will Italy invest in electricity storage?

Italy will promote investments in utility scale electricity storage to reach at least 70 GWh, and worth over Euro 17 bn, in the next ten years. The new storage capacity will be acquired through tenders published by Terna, the manager of Italy’s high voltage grid. The next tender will be released in 2024.

Is Italy open to foreign investment?

Italy is also fundamentally open to foreign investment compared to some other countries.” Part of that regulatory push and a huge talking point of the panel was transmission system operator (TSO) Terna’s capacity market auction for energy storage, called MACSE (Electric Storage Capacity Procurement Mechanism).