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Italian lender: Banks will tolerate 10% merchant operation of MACSE-tendered batteries
The opening session of the Italia Solare conference on finance and bankability for solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) considered how the Mercato a termine degli stoccaggi (MACSE) auction could shape the Italian storage market. Elemens Partner Salvatore Casa predicted auction-set storage payments could be 'very far' below the €32,000 ($38,000)/MWh cap initially suggested.
Sep 19, 2025
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Italy’s MACSE Auction: Battery storage price cap boosted to €37,000/MW/year
The €5,000 boost from the Italian energy regulator has come via changes to three key parameters: the investment cost (INV), the rate of return on invested capital, and the operational cost factor (CFO), leading to a higher price cap in the upcoming capacity market auction for energy storage.
nTeaser: Investors increasingly interested in solar-plus-storage in Italy
'Many of the indicative offers submitted through nTeaser are conditional on successful participation in the MACSE auction, highlighting the central role of this mechanism in de-risking battery energy storage system (BESS) investment and making projects bankable,' nTeaser CEO Carmen Izquierdo Serrano told pv magazine Italia.
Engie acquires two Italian 100 MW batteries from Recurrent Energy
Engie has quintupled the scale of its Italian battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity. Completion of the acquired sites is scheduled for 2028. The company told pv magazine the sites could receive funding in Italy's Mercato a termine degli stoccaggi (MACSE) auction but other revenue streams could be exploited.
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ContourGlobal announces 9.5 GWh BESS acquisitions in Italy
ContourGlobal has annouunced that it has acquired 1.6 GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Italy with up to 9.5 GWh of energy storage capacity ahead of the MACSE auctions. The entire portfolio is expected to be commissioned in 2028.
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