Italian energy storage system standards

Could Italy's grid-scale battery storage market see a massive expansion?

Grid-scale battery storage | Cameron Murray writes about the nascent market for large-scale battery storage in Italy, which could see a massive expansion in the short term. Italy’s grid-scale energy storage market: a sleeping dragon Render of a co-located battery storage project in Italy from Innovo Group. Credit: Innovo Storage smart power

Does industry need energy storage standards?

As cited in the DOE OE ES Program Plan, “Industry requires specifications of standards for characterizing the performance of energy storage under grid conditions and for modeling behavior. Discussions with industry professionals indicate a significant need for standards …” [1, p. 30].

Does Italy have a battery storage market?

This report is part of a series that analyses the battery storage market in select European countries. Italy has both a rapidly growing utility-scale market as well as a flourishing customer-sited battery storage market. Customer-sited storage adoption has been mainly driven by a combination of high electricity prices and generous tax incentives.

Why are electricity prices so high in Italy?

Italy’s high electricity market prices are largely driven by its heavy reliance on fossil gas for power generation. In Italy, the government and the Italian TSO (Terna) have developed several electricity market products where storage projects are able to compete and provide services to the power system.

Are energy storage codes & standards needed?

Discussions with industry professionals indicate a significant need for standards …” [1, p. 30]. Under this strategic driver, a portion of DOE-funded energy storage research and development (R&D) is directed to actively work with industry to fill energy storage Codes & Standards (C&S) gaps.

How is Bess used in Italy?

How BESS are used Currently, the main possible sources of revenues for BESS in Italy are the following: specific auctions and the capacity market (BESS facilities participated in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 capacity market auctions.