Altea Green Power begins construction of 1GW BESS in Italy

Altea Green Power has begun construction of a 1GW battery energy storage system project in Italy, called ‘Black Bess’.

The project, which will consist of four sites located in central-southern Italy, will be completed by the first half of 2024.

Altea said Black Bess will complement the Green Bess, Blue Bess and Yellow Bess projects, which have a combined capacity of around 2 GW and for which the company is in advanced negotiations for co-development with two unnamed major international investors.

Altea has plans for Black Bess to be followed by ‘White Bess’ and ‘Pink Bess’, two projects that will have a combined capacity of 1 GW each. A total of 90 per cent of the company's projects will be developed between central and southern Italy, with the remaining 10 percent in the north.

Altea Green Power has given its storage projects the names of colours in accordance with the company’s logo, which is blue, green, yellow, black and white. 'Pink BESS’ is so named to raise awareness of issues relating to sustainability, inclusion and gender equality, as well as the contribution made by female professionals in the Altea team, which represent 39 percent of the company’s workforce.

Altea Green Power is targeting 5.5GW of deployed storage capacity by 2026.