BBDF 2025: Challenges and prospects in Italy, Europe''s hottest storage

Italy ranks among Europe''s top battery storage markets, driven by its MACSE auctions, capacity market, and early merchant efforts. Competition is growing amid rising

2024 Jun 10

Italy to hold first energy storage capacity auctions

The energy minister of Italy has signed a decree paving the way for an energy storage capacity auction to kick off in the first half of 2025.

2024 Jul 19

Cubico targets 1GW of battery storage in Italy

Cubico Sustainable Investments has announced plans to develop 1GW-plus of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Italy.

2025 Dec 16

How Italy is Driving BESS Investment

This blog is the latest addition to our new series, "Introduction to BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems) Markets". In this blog, we

2024 Jun 27

Battery storage system costs in italy

Transmission system operator (TSO) Terna estimates Italy will need 9GW/71GWh of new energy storage to integrate its growing renewables pipeline, an average duration of just under 8 hours.

2024 Apr 24

Real Solar Battery Backup Costs in Europe (2024

Additional financial benefits include protection against rising energy prices, which have increased by an average of 4-6% annually

2025 Sep 03

Battery Storage Systems in Italy | Enel Group

BESS, or battery energy storage systems, are an essential element of the energy transition: the Enel Group is playing an important role in the growth of the sector, in Italy and in the other

2024 Jun 26

Italy Energy Storage

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

2024 Jul 23

Italy''s MACSE Auction: Battery storage price cap

Italy''s Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment (ARERA) has approved a series of modifications impacting

2024 Mar 19

Battery Storage Costs in Italy: What You Need to Know in 2024

Let''s cut to the chase – battery storage costs in Italy currently range between €400-€650/kWh for commercial systems. But wait, that''s like quoting pizza prices without specifying toppings!

2024 Nov 03

Revolutionizing Italy''s Energy Storage Scene: The MACSE Auction

She went on to mention that Aurora predicts a remarkable rise in volatility in Italy''s market prices in the upcoming years, thanks to the exponential growth of renewable energy

2026 Jan 01

Italy Energy Storage Price Forecast Released

Clean Horizon has released its latest Energy Storage Price Forecast for Italy, providing valuable insights into one of Europe''s most dynamic emerging markets for battery

2024 Aug 16

Prices of Energy Storage Systems in Italy: A 2025 Market Deep Dive

Here''s the skinny: Residential battery systems in Italy currently range from €6,000 to €15,000 depending on capacity (4–12 kWh). For grid-scale projects?

2025 Aug 28

Italy''s MACSE Auction: Battery storage price cap boosted to

Italy''s Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment (ARERA) has approved a series of modifications impacting the maximum price that can be offered in the

2024 Mar 29

Forecasting the Development of Italy''s Energy

Policy changes in Italy are expected to have a significant impact on the European energy storage market, potentially leading to

2025 May 17

Backup power for Europe

The Italian government is creating an attractive environment for BESS investments In part 2 of this series, we explained how the UK became the leading European country in

2024 Jul 20

ITALY

Italy has both a rapidly growing utility-scale market as well as a flourishing customer-sited battery storage market. Customer-sited storage adoption has been mainly driven by a combination of

2024 May 25