Italy’s energy regulator, Arera, has raised the MACSE auction premium cap to €27,000/MWh per year, up from €22,000/MWh proposed in July, mainly due to higher benchmark investment costs. The new cap affects project economics and guarantees, while developers must weigh the 15-year fixed premium against potential merchant revenues when setting their bids.

The Magatzem Central de Substàncies Estupefaents (MACSE), the central drug warehouse for the Mossos d'Esquadra in Barcelona’s Nou Barris district, has reached critical…

Analysts: Italy’s new capacity‑market rules cut battery rating coefficients in Sicily and Sardinia to 31%, making southern storage projects less viable and shifting investment toward Macse auctions.

Aurora Energy Research mette in evidenza il mix di ricavi, Macse e capacity market; Clean Horizon stima ritorni elevati soprattutto dalla mFRR.

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Il “FER X a regime” punta a sbloccare nuova capacità rinnovabile riducendo l’incertezza per gli investitori. La stessa logica guida lo strumento pubblico pensato per far crescere gli accumuli elettrici (Macse)

Il “FER X a regime” punta a sbloccare nuova capacità rinnovabile riducendo l’incertezza per gli investitori. La stessa logica guida lo strumento pubblico pensato per far crescere gli accumuli elettrici (Macse)

Enel says state-backed auctions under Terna and the Macse scheme will continue to drive Italy’s battery market, limiting site flexibility while spurring rapid capacity growth.

L'importanza della capacità di accumulo al 2030. MACSE, autorizzazioni, mix di durate: cosa serve per non trasformare la decarbonizzazione in un esercizio contabile, secondo Enel.

Italy's second MACSE storage capacity auction, targeting 16 GWh for 2029 delivery, will open for applications on July 7 and go to auction on Nov. 24, grid operator Terna has confirmed.

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The portfolio comprises two BESS projects located in the Italian regions of Lombardy and Apulia, with a combined installed capacity of 211 MW, comprising 4-hr and 8-hr battery storage systems, respectively. Both projects benefit from long-term contracted revenues under 15-year agreements awarded through the capacity market and Italy’s MACSE storage auctions. The projects are owned by ACL Energy and its industrial partner as majority shareholder, with Qualitas Energy financing the minority shareholder equity contribution to the projects. The financing will support the construction, commissioning, and operation of the portfolio, with disbursements linked to the achievement of specific construction milestones across the projects. The funding will be provided through the Qualitas Energy Credit Fund, as part of Qualitas Energy’s broader credit strategy which has secured over €370 million in commitments to date. Under this strategy, Qualitas Energy offers tailored debt solutions for renewable energy infrastructure, encompassing both greenfield and brownfield projects and platforms across various asset classes, including wind, solar, hydroelectric power, BESS, and renewable natural gas. Its mission is to deliver low-risk, attractive returns while supporting third-party developers in their value-creation process and helping them transition into independent power producers (IPPs). Previous investments have supported construction bridge financing for renewable...

Independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has started building its 25MW/100MWh, 4-hour Prasian di Prato Battery project in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The battery energy storage system (BESS) project has a capacity market (CM) contract, one of the two key pillars of the energy storage business case in Italy, along with the MACSE auction. MACSE concluded in September last year, finally paving the way for projects to proceed to financing and construction. Both schemes provide long-term revenues to BESS, which will be key to integrating Italy’s growing renewable generation. It is Neoen’s second energy storage asset in Italy after the Broni Battery (10MW/40MWh) which is midway through construction by supplier NHOA Energy (and also has a CM contract). The firm is also active in BESS globally; see all our coverage of it here. Nofar launches construction on 820MWh of Romania projects IPP Nofar Energy has signed a limited notice to proceed (LTNP) and term sheet with a BESS supplier to build two large-scale BESS projects in Romania. They total 160MW/340MWh and 120MW/520MWh, co-located with its Lepuresti and Ghimpati solar PV plants. Nofar said the lump sum agreements total €80 million (US$93 million) and provide budget certainty and secure long-lead components, enabling the...

La procedura non si terrà nel 2026. Il Mase reputa insufficiente il numero di operatori in grado di completare in tempo l'iter autorizzativo.

Carmen Izquierdo Serrano, CEO von der Plattform N-Teaser, berichtete über die neuesten Entwicklungen auf dem „Ready-to-Build“-Markt im Land. Dabei gibt sie auch Einblicke in den aktuellen Markt für große Batteriespeicher.

Italy’s energy regulator ARERA has approved a proposal from the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security to target 16 GWh of storage capacity in the 2029 MACSE auction, while urging caution on final volumes to reflect existing pipeline capacity.

Italy’s energy regulator ARERA has approved a proposal from the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security to target 16 GWh of storage capacity in the 2029 MACSE auction, while urging caution on final volumes to reflect existing pipeline capacity.