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Sergio Matalucci
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Trina Storage and Aer Soléir launch largest BESS project in Italy
"The strategically important project will have a power output of 250 MW and a capacity of 1 GWh and will be located in Rondissone. With its 1 GWh, the project is destined to become one of the largest battery storage systems in Italy and Europe," wrote Trinasolar's energy storage business unit.
Jan 23, 2026
GES rolls out manganese-hydrogen battery with significant cost edge over lithium-ion
According to GES, the manganese-hydrogen battery it has developed represents an advanced solution for long-duration energy storage. The technology enables energy to be stored for many hours or even days, overcoming the structural limitations of lithium-ion batteries, which are primarily designed for short-duration applications.
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‘Italy should expect battery and pumped hydro auctions in 2026’
'Curtailment will be a structural element of the operation of our system, period,' said Luca Marchisio, head of system strategy at Terna, during the Italian Renewables Investment Forum 2025. Other industry insiders said Italy is entering a phase in which energy management skills will be increasingly important at company level and planning will be increasingly central at system level.
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Jinko: Italy’s MACSE auction reflects bets on supply chain deflation, compressed IRRs
Jinko Power's country manager for Italy has told pv magazine Italia the €12,000 ($14,000) per megawatt-hour, per year to €15,000/MWh/year price for storage set in Italy's Mercato a termine degli stoccaggi (MACSE) auction does not reflect current European project prices. Rather, bidders are betting on continuing price falls, Felice Lucia said.
Deployment of Italian storage systems with one to 10 MWh of capacity rose sixfold in the second quarter
'The impetus comes from tools such as fast reserve, [the] capacity market and, in the coming months, the new MACSE [mercato a termine degli stoccaggi] mechanism, with which Terna will acquire storage capacity to balance the grid,' said Italian electronics and electrical engineering federation ANIE.
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