Italy: EnBW and Zelestra partner on major battery storage project - e…

EnBW has signed a long-term tolling agreement to offtake 300 MW of a 500 MW, 4-hour battery storage project being built by Zelestra in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Construction begins 2027, full operations 2028, with the deal securing one of Europe's largest standalone battery storage projects and demonstrating the utility-scale BESS market's shift toward long-term contracted capacity. If you make power electronics, cooling systems, or grid interconnect hardware, one of Europe's largest battery assets just locked in its buyer — and you're now in the supply chain for a 2028 operational deadline. Italian grid operators and renewable developers will soon need the vendors who can solve the integration problems this project creates at scale.