Umh, I knew there have been auctions for this, didn't realize there was so much capacity already. > The analysts suggest that Italy, which hosts one-fifth of the EU’s operating battery capacity and has a large pipeline of planned projects, may be about to follow the same trajectory as California, where batteries routinely cover 20% of evening demand peaks and are crowding out gas.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/22/wind-and-solar-overtook-fossil-fuels-in-power-generation-for-eu-in-2025-report#renewables