Forecasting the Development of Italy''s Energy
Policy changes in Italy are expected to have a significant impact on the European energy storage market, potentially leading to changes in local energy storage installations in 2024.
View DetailsItaly 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.
Customer-sited storage adoption has been mainly driven by a combination of high electricity prices and generous tax incentives. For utility-scale systems, Italy has established favourable electricity market rules that enable projects to earn revenues from a range of different sources.
In December 2023, the EU greenlit Italy's energy storage program, earmarking a hefty investment of €17.7 billion. This initiative is anticipated to facilitate the construction of over 9GW/71GWh of energy storage systems (ESS).
The remaining 3–4 GW is expected to come from utility-scale systems. By 2050, Italy aims to achieve 30-40 GW of storage capacity. There are significant regional differences in the adoption of battery storage systems across the country.
This unique combination of high electricity demand and elevated prices, coupled with the longstanding government initiative known as the Superbonus scheme, established two decades ago, has propelled Italy to the forefront of the European market for residential storage, securing its position as the second-largest market.
Italy's energy storage structure is also dominated by residential storage, which accounts for more than 80% of new installations. In December 2023, the EU greenlit Italy's energy storage program, earmarking a hefty investment of €17.7 billion.
Policy changes in Italy are expected to have a significant impact on the European energy storage market, potentially leading to changes in local energy storage installations in 2024.
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