The cumulative deployment of distributed energy storage systems in Italy reaches 977MWh

According to a survey report recently released by the Italian Renewable Energy Association ANIE Rinnovabili, by the first quarter of 2022, the cumulative scale of battery energy storage systems deployed in Italy will reach 587MW/1,227MWh, of which 977MWh are distributed energy storage systems.

Grid-connected solar farm in Terna, Italy

Like Germany, Italy's battery energy storage market is currently dominated by the residential and commercial and industrial sectors, according to ANIE Rinnovabili.

Italian energy storage developers deployed 20,832 distributed energy storage systems from January to March this year, with a total scale of 123MW/264MWh. This brings the cumulative scale of distributed energy storage systems deployed in the country to 527MW/977MWh.

In addition to the 60MW/250MWh battery energy storage system deployed by the grid operator Terna itself, Italy has deployed a total of 587MW/1,227MWh battery energy storage system.

ANIE Rinnovabili said in its survey report that 97% of distributed energy storage systems (now totaling 95,869) are deployed with solar power systems, and 97% are residential energy storage systems. 98.2% of energy storage systems use lithium-ion batteries, with the remainder being lead-acid batteries, flywheels, and supercapacitors.

The report pointed out that about 95% of the distributed energy storage systems have an installed capacity of less than 20kWh, and only 6 of the 95,869 distributed energy storage systems have an energy storage capacity above 500kWh.

Italy's wealthier northern regions have about half the number of distributed energy storage systems deployed in the country, reflecting their share of the wider economy. Distributed energy storage systems deployed in Lombardy account for the largest market share in the country, accounting for about 22% of the market, followed by the Veneto region with 16% and Emilia-Romagna with 10%. %, with Piedmont accounting for about 9%.

In the report, ANIE Rinnovabili pointed out that the deployment figures for the first quarter of 2022 are impressive, accounting for 60% of the full year of 2021, thanks to the new preferential program for the deployment of residential and commercial solar power generation facilities near residential and commercial energy storage system.

The number and installed capacity of utility-scale battery storage projects operating in Italy will grow over the next few years, with several large battery storage systems due to come online in 2023, and Terna recently signed a contract to deploy 1.1GW of storage System Power Purchase Agreement, the project will be delivered in 2024.