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Sergio Matalucci
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Entrix enters Italy to back international clients with MACSE, hybrid storage models
Steffen Schülzchen, CEO and founder of Entrix, told pv magazine Italia that interest from international investors in the Italian BESS market is very strong – with approximately 50% of their customers in Germany actively considering entry into the Italian market.
Jun 19, 2025
Innovative energy storage auction and renewables-friendly policy put Italy front and center
London-based investor Bluefield says Italy's cautious, 'stop-start' approach to clean energy and energy storage procurement is less catastrophic than Spain's boom-bust experience and says it could bid for around 100 MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the MACSE energy storage auction.
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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.
Batteries with grid-forming inverters crucial to keep 100%-renewables grids functioning
Without the deployment of batteries featuring "grid-forming" inverters, on 100%-renewables electricity networks, the biggest threat to energy supply will not be a lack of sun or wind, according to AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, but an absence of the "system inertia" which keeps voltage frequencies stable.
May 15, 2025
Falling prices, geopolitic risk define energy storage market
Speakers from the NetZero Milan Expo-Summit 2025, that opens tomorrow, have told pv magazine a falling lithium price is putting pressure on emerging battery alternatives such as sodium-ion as the industry shifts from incremental gains in performance to larger battery cells.
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