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Neoen starts building 4-hour BESS in Italy

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.