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Sergio Matalucci
Sergio Matalucci is a journalist and writer specializing in energy, geopolitics, and international relations. He has worked for Reuters, served as Western Europe correspondent for Natural Gas Europe, and was a senior editor at Ruptly. In addition to his position at pv magazine, he collaborates with several Italian and international publications, including Staffetta Quotidiana and Arte.
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Articles written by Sergio Matalucci
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.
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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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