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Italy’s Terna consults on what should guide grid-scale battery rollout

The national grid company has asked whether priority should be given to the grid-strengthening services offered by batteries or whether the focus should be on how quickly they can deliver clean energy goals with a minimum of new renewables generation capacity.

By

Sergio Matalucci

May 16, 2025

Italian grid operator Terna has asked the public what criteria should determine which projects receive funding in future energy-storage-project auctions.

With a tender this year due to allocate lithium-ion battery projects to deliver electricity in 2028, the grid company has made two suggestions, in a public consultation document, about what should drive future deployment.

The first approach would prioritize the added security batteries can bring to the Italian grid and the benefits of reducing the curtailment of excess clean energy.

An alternative approach would focus chiefly on how much utility-scale battery capacity will be needed for Italy to reach its clean energy targets with the smallest renewable energy generation fleet.

Respondents to the consultation exercise can express their views until June 13 and the methodology chosen will guide the decisions of energy storage auctions after this year’s procurement round.

From pv magazine Italia.

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