Italy’s MACSE auction is set to transform the country’s energy storage landscape by 2030, a report from Aurora Energy Research stated.
The mechanism aims to support the installation of power storage capacity necessary to achieve the country’s renewable energy target of 131GW by 2030, it said. The first auctions for procuring new storage capacity are expected in the second quarter of 2025.
To meet the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ package goals, 72GWh of storage capacity will be required by 2030, of which 50GWh will be allocated to new utility-scale systems supported by MACSE. The report estimates that projects would need to be oversized by 18% to safely meet MACSE availability requirements throughout their lifetime.
Maddalena Cerreto, research senior associate at Aurora said: “The ambitious target of 50GWh of new utility-scale storage capacity by 2030 makes Italy a highly attractive market for investors, who can already benefit from very favourable investment opportunities given the expected penetration of renewable energy.”
She said Aurora anticipates national market price volatility will increase significantly in the coming years with the growth of renewable energy systems.
