It is forecast that Italy will deploy more energy storage capacity than any other European nation in 2024, reaching a total of 7.7GWh, which will equate to more than a third of the total storage capacity deployed in Europe
Italy''s appetite for energy storage seems to be growing by the month. The country is one of just a handful in Europe that includes energy storage in its national energy and climate plan, with a target of 6 GW of capacity by 2030.
The results of Italy''s main grid capacity market auction for 2025, published by Terna, show that energy storage represented 51.1% of the 174 MW of new capacity assigned.
In June 2024, Italy has over 650,000 connected storage systems, totaling 4.50 GW in power and 9.62 GWh in capacity. Although the majority of this capacity is linked to photovoltaic installations, stand-alone systems have experienced substantial growth, according data from Terna published by Italia Solare.
The results of Italy''s main grid capacity market auction for 2025, published by Terna, show that energy storage represented 51.1% of the 174 MW of new capacity assigned.
Participants offer capacity based on their Probabilistic Available Capacity (in Italian: Capacità Disponibile in Probabilità - CDP). The CDP is the capacity of each technology available for the Capacity Market, expressed in MW.
Italy''s cumulative 692,386 energy storage systems, installed by Sep. 30, 2024, had a total power output of 5,034 MW and storage capacity of 11,388 MWh, according to the National Federation of Electronic and
Italy''s cumulative 692,386 energy storage systems, installed by Sep. 30, 2024, had a total power output of 5,034 MW and storage capacity of 11,388 MWh, according to the National Federation of Electronic and Electrotechnical Companies (Anie).
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.
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Italy''s new energy storage capacity is expected to reach 2.5GW/6.2GWh in 2024, +25%/61% year-on-year. Policy support has been strengthened and the construction of large reserves will explode.
It is forecast that Italy will deploy more energy storage capacity than any other European nation in 2024, reaching a total of 7.7GWh, which will equate to more than a third of the total storage capacity deployed in Europe this year (see chart below).
Italy''s new energy storage capacity is expected to reach 2.5GW/6.2GWh in 2024, +25%/61% year-on-year. Policy support has been strengthened and the construction of large reserves will explode.
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.
As of Sep. 30, 2024, Italy had a cumulative 692,386 energy storage systems, with a total rated power of 5,034 MW and an energy storage capacity of 11,388 MWh. Almost all of the systems – 92% – had a capacity of less than 20 kWh, 99.9% were twinned with solar panels, and 99.1% were home installations.
Anie reported Italy added 168,550 energy storage units from January to the end of September 2024, with a total rated power of 1,591 MW and a capacity of 4,387 MWh.
In addition, electricity storage is critical to avoid congestion in the power grid since most of the renewable production originates in Southern Italy but is consumed mostly in the north. Therefore, PNIEC also provides for the installation of new energy storage infrastructure with the aim of reaching 22.5 GW of installed storage capacity by 2030.
Italy is forecast to deploy more storage capacity than any other European nation in 2024 – the European Commission has approved €17.7bn of storage funding under ‘state aid’ rules, while the MACSE storage procurement mechanism is expected to be the catalyst for a storage surge in 2025
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.
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.
