UK battery storage developer Field Energy has announced plans to expand into Italy, a market where the utility-scale sector is set to grow substantially from a negligible base today.
Europe reached 4.5GW of battery storage capacity last year and could hit 95GW by 2050, according to figures from LCP Delta and Aurora Energy Research respectively.
The broader portfolio and management team are critical to securing investment for individual energy storage projects, said senior figures at asset managers Blackrock and Impax.
A 400MW early-stage battery storage project in ERCOT, Texas, has been acquired by a joint venture (JV) controlled by Italian firms Redelfi and Altea Green Power, for up to US$8.5 million.
CO2 Battery company Energy Dome has won €17.5 million (US$18.5 million) in grant and equity financing from the European Innovation Council, the maximum amount available.
Recently-formed developer Innovo Group is targeting a 1.5GW/9GWh lithium-ion BESS development portfolio in Italy and UK, with the first system in central Italy online in Q1 2024.
Utility and power generation company Enel Group and Brenmiller Energy have inaugurated a thermal energy storage system in Italy using the latter’s proprietary bGen technology.
Nidec ASI, the Italy-based industrial solutions division of Japanese conglomerate Nidec Group, has won a contract to deploy 5.4GWh of battery energy storage systems in its home market.
