Italy in Focus: Scaling Utility-Scale Solar and Storage in Europe’s Fastest-Moving Market

Synopsis

Italy is entering a decisive phase of energy transition, with large solar pipelines, major storage procurement programmes, and growing investor appetite for hybrid assets. This session explores how developers, investors, utilities, and policymakers are navigating regulation, revenue models, and grid constraints to unlock the next wave of deployment.

• How Italy’s policy framework and national targets are shaping project pipelines and investment decisions
• The impact of MACSE auctions and contracted storage revenues on financing, bankability, and risk allocation
• Solar-plus-storage economics in Italy, merchant exposure, capacity payments, and revenue stacking opportunities
• Grid congestion, connection queues, and regional market dynamics between north and south Italy
• Permitting reform, land constraints, and community acceptance challenges facing developers
• Hybridisation strategies, co-location, repowering, and opportunities for portfolio scale
• What international investors and IPPs need to understand before entering the Italian market
• Outlook to 2030, where growth will come from and which risks remain unresolved