December 12, 2025Spain awards stand-alone storage at €64933/MWh/year, below the cost in Italy

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Spain awards stand-alone storage at €64933/MWh/year, below the cost in Italy

The FEDER programme achieved a specific cost of €64933/MWh for stand-alone storage systems, compared with the €111000/MWh estimated for MACSE in Italy. Although Italian projects have an average duration of seven hours, versus four hours under the Spanish scheme, “the Spanish approach appears to have been more efficient for the public administration,” said Raúl García, director of ASEALEN.

December 12, 2025Spain approves new grid access rules for demand and BESS as REE plans capacity map for February 2026

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Spain approves new grid access rules for demand and BESS as REE plans capacity map for February 2026

The latest decision by Spain’s National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) establishes a new regulatory framework that redefines the technical criteria used to assess grid-access applications for electricity consumption, covering both large industrial users and battery energy storage systems (BESS) connected to the power system. As part of the rollout, on 2 February the national transmission system operator, Red Eléctrica de España (REE), will launch a new digital tool.