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Massimiliano Tripodo

Massimiliano Tripodo

Massimiliano Tripodo

Massimiliano has been a journalist for pv magazine since March 2024. He mainly covers photovoltaics in Italy with a focus on the legislative aspect. For passion or for other newspapers he writes about environment and politics. He holds a master’s degree in political science and communication.

Articles written by Massimiliano Tripodo

Policy

Sardinia appeals against approval for 72 MW battery The Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) authorized the development in early August.

Massimiliano Tripodo

Sep 01, 2025

Grid-scale

Italy approves another 273 MW of batteries, in The South Authorization decrees have been issued for plants in Calabria, Campania, and Puglia. The largest is GreenGo's 120 MW/480 MWh San Sostene project in the province of Catanzaro.

Massimiliano Tripodo

Aug 26, 2025

Grid-scale

Italy permits more than 1 GW of large-scale batteries in August The Ministry has officially approved another 198 MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS), according to its latest announcement.

Massimiliano Tripodo

Aug 20, 2025

Industry

Italy greenlights 361 MW of new battery storage projects The largest project, a 160 MW facility, will be built in the municipality of Tuscania.

Massimiliano Tripodo, Tristan Rayner

Aug 07, 2025

Grid-scale

Vexuvo sells 1.5 GW of Italian batteries to ContourGlobal The sale concerns a portfolio of projects across the country, some of which will participate in the mercato a termine degli stoccaggi (MACSE) auction.

Massimiliano Tripodo

Jul 10, 2025

Policy

Italian region allocates funding for renewables, energy storage for business Sardinia's councillor for industry, Emanuele Cani, announced grant funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Sulcis Iglesiente mining region and said a wider program of help would be offered across the island in due course.

Massimiliano Tripodo

Jun 13, 2025

Second-life batteries

Enel inagurates 10 MWh second-life battery project at Italian airport Enel's Pioneer project is expected to last 10 to 15 years and has been integrated with Rome-Fiumicino airport's Solar Farm, self-consumption PV system.

Massimiliano Tripodo

Jun 04, 2025

Auctions

Italy outlines national energy-storage auction requirements The answers to six frequently-asked questions (FAQs) related to September's planned 'Macse' (mercato a termine degli stoccaggi) energy storage auction have been published by the national grid operator.

Massimiliano Tripodo

May 27, 2025

Grid-scale

Sungrow contracts 140 MW of batteries under Italy’s grid capacity auctions Sungrow's Emilio Manzoni discusses the fire safety precautions built into the Chinese company's battery energy storage systems (BESS) and the prospects for Sungrow in Italy's red-hot energy storage market.

Sergio Matalucci, Massimiliano Tripodo, Lara Morandotti

Apr 16, 2025

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