Italy’s smallest MACSE project withdrawn, auction results republished
A 32 MWh energy storage system has been removed from an approved list which now runs to 14 projects with 9,968 MWh of storage capacity.
Terna has republished the results of the Mercato a termine degli stoccaggi (MACSE) auction, for the 2028 delivery year, after a developer exercised its right to withdraw a project which had secured only partial approval.
An updated list of approved projects indicated the developer in question is the ACL SPV 2 Srl special purpose vehicle founded by ACL Energy and subsequently acquired by Enel. The project was a 32 MWh site in the auction’s South and Calabria region.
That means 14 projects have now been awarded by the MACSE auction, with a total capacity of 9,968 MWh.
From pv magazine Italia.
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