Nhoa turns sod on 50-MWh Italian battery project for ERG

Nhoa Energy, the energy storage unit of Nhoa Group (EPA:NHOA), has kicked off the installation of a 50-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Italy on behalf of independent power producer ERG SpA (BIT:ERG).

The facility will be co-located with ERG’s Vicari wind park in the southern province of Palermo, Nhoa Energy said on Thursday. The latter is acting as the project’s construction contractor and will also operate and maintain the BESS under a five-year contract.

To be installed in the commune of Vicari, on the Mediterranean island of Sicily, the battery will support the existing wind farm and help increase the efficiency of the site. The system will be equipped with Nhoa Energy’s technology and will meet Italian transmission system operator Terna's grid regulation for storage systems.

As part of the Fit-for-55 EU framework, Italy aims to have 71 GWh of new grid-scale battery storage by 2030. Last October, Nhoa Energy was selected in the country’s 2024 Capacity Market auction to install a 39-MWh battery at an existing combined cycle gas plant in central Italy.

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