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Italy: the next BESS place to be?

Support schemes new and old, coupled with an ability to participate in grid-strengthening “ancillary service” markets, will drive Italian energy storage. Interest is growing but the complexity of integrating battery energy storage systems (BESS) into the grid should not be underestimated.

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Sergio Matalucci

02 May 2025

Terna, Italy’s transmission system operator, says the MACSE auction is only accepting projects in the southern part of the country. | Photo: Terna

Aurora Energy Research has ranked Italy the most attractive European battery market, ahead of Great Britain and Germany, thanks to the opening up of grid ancillary service markets to BESS and a 50 GWh national battery target by 2030.In March 2025, Danish investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners announced a partnership with Milan-based GC Storage Services to develop …

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