Press release: enspired enters Italian market with Energreen Trading
- Europe’s leading BESS optimizer enspired brings its AI-powered, cross-market trading platform — live across 12 countries — to the Italian market for the first time.
- A combined project pipeline of around 962 MW in various stages at launch, backed by Energreen Trading Srl and its development affiliates—enspired’s Italian route-to-market partner — is ready to be optimized.
- A revenue simulation at Renmad Storage Italia 2026 demonstrated the optimization platform’s earning potential for BESS assets in Italy.
Vienna/Milan/Bolzano, 16 April 2026: enspired, Europe’s leading specialist for the commercial optimization of battery energy storage, has entered the Italian market through a strategic collaboration with Energreen Trading, its domestic route-to-market partner. Italy represents enspired’s latest market entry as it expands its cross-market BESS optimization platform across Europe and beyond.
Live at Renmad Storage Italia 2026: optimization in action
At Renmad Storage Italia 2026 in Bologna, enspired showcased the results of a revenue simulation on stage — the first public demonstration of the AI-powered optimization platform’s capability in the Italian market. The simulation on market data for Italy (Nord) in 2025 indicated revenue potential of up to €180,000/MW per year for a 4-hour battery, with one cycle a day, by tapping into wholesale arbitrage and ancillary services markets. Significantly, the revenue simulation showed that cross-market optimization can generate 2.5 times higher revenue compared to optimization in the wholesale market alone, subject to asset configuration and market conditions. The revenue estimates, which could increase an additional 10-20% with continuous intraday trading or higher cycling, illustrate how automated cross-market trading decisions can translate into consistent revenue generation and deliver a bankable route to market for asset owners in Italy.
Italy: a market ready for optimization
Italy is one of the most dynamic energy storage markets in Europe. With grid-scale battery assets beginning to come online at scale, a regulatory framework that rewards sophisticated flexibility, and a national target of 22.5 GW of storage capacity by 2030, the commercial case for advanced BESS optimization has never been stronger. Until now, independent developers and asset owners have had limited access to the kind of cross-market optimization infrastructure required to extract maximum value from their assets. enspired and Energreen Trading are here to change that.
What the partnership brings to Italy
enspired operates a fully automated, AI-powered trading platform simultaneously across wholesale, control reserve, and ancillary service markets. With a proven track record across 12 countries in Europe and Asia, a flexibility portfolio of over 5 GW under management, and an in-house platform integrating billions of data points, machine learning, and reinforcement learning, enspired adapts swiftly to the technical and regulatory requirements of each new market it enters — including Italy’s distinctive grid and dispatch framework. The company is already registered as a market participant with Gestore dei Mercati Energetici (GME), which manages the country’s energy markets.
Energreen Trading, wholly owned by Energie SpA, contributes deep local knowledge of the Italian power market — including capacity market and MACSE operations — and brings more than 30 years of renewable energy development, operation, and commercialization behind it. As enspired’s Italian partner, Energreen Trading provides the local market access, regulatory expertise, and operational understanding that underpins the partnership’s pipeline of projects.
A substantial pipeline ready to be optimized
The partnership is backed by a 962 MW project pipeline, with several hundred megawatts of projects set to progress toward commissioning over the next 12 to 24 months. Assets will be brought to market through commercialization strategies tailored to the financing and risk requirements of each project — spanning fully merchant opportunities through to structures involving established offtakers, tolling providers, banks, and infrastructure funds. Energie SpA’s development track record underpins this pipeline: in 2025, the company in close collaboration within a dedicated PV and BESS development partnership, successfully advanced 300 MW to ready-to-build stage.
Jürgen Pfalzer, Chief Commercial Officer, enspired:
“Italy is one of the most dynamic and demanding energy storage markets in Europe, and it is a market we have been preparing for carefully. Our platform is proven across 12 countries, and we are ready to deliver for asset owners here. Energreen Trading is our partner in Italy — and with a 962 MW pipeline and a live simulation already behind us, we are moving fast. We look forward to building on this foundation as we expand our presence in the Italian market.”
Onofrio Belviso, Senior Sales Expert — Strategic Partnerships Italy, enspired:
“Italy represents one of the most exciting growth opportunities for battery storage in Europe right now. Asset owners are actively looking for partners who can deliver real commercial performance — not just promises. Energreen Trading is enspired’s partner in Italy, and that is something we are proud of. Together, we are ready to deliver optimization that actually moves the needle.”
Dr. Benedikt Kormaier, Managing Director of Energreen Trading & CEO of Energie SpA:
“With enspired, we have a partner that combines proven battery optimization expertise with a strong understanding of the operational requirements needed to make projects successful in practice. For asset owners in Italy, this partnership means access to world-class optimization capability backed by genuine local execution — and a 962 MW pipeline that proves we are already open for business.”
Max Unterthiner, Head of Trading, Energreen Trading
“enspired brings a very strong track record in battery trading and cross-market optimization across Europe. Together, we are creating a powerful route-to-market offering that enables battery asset owners to capture value across multiple revenue streams with transparency and confidence.”
Through this collaboration, asset owners and offtakers in Italy gain access to a comprehensive, integrated service: cross-market optimization across the energy markets (MGP and MI), the domestic balancing and redispatching framework (MSD/MB), PICASSO-linked aFRR, and FCR; full pre-qualification support and MACSE compliance; real-time, algorithm-driven trade execution with dynamic strategy adjustment; a 24/7 live trading dashboard; and tailored commercial participation models designed around the financing and risk profile of each individual asset.
About enspired
enspired is Europe’s leading optimizer of battery energy storage systems (BESS), managing a flexibility portfolio of over 5 GW with 80+ grid-scale batteries and 800 MWh live in a cross-market setup, including the largest BESS in Germany. Powered by a data-driven, AI-based optimization platform, enspired achieves maximum revenues and integrates proven solutions for navigating grid constraints. The advanced technical infrastructure is developed 100% in-house and supports enspired’s global expansion across 12 countries in Europe and Asia with flexible and seamless adaptability to new markets and changing market conditions.
About Energreen Trading
Energreen Trading is the energy trading subsidiary of Energie SpA, a family-owned company headquartered in Bolzano with more than 30 years of experience in the development, operation, and production of renewable energy assets across Italy. Energreen Trading is a qualified Balance Responsible Party (BRP) in the Italian electricity market, offering a comprehensive range of services including direct energy marketing, flexibility trading, guarantees of origin, fixed-price hedging, and consulting. The company commercializes electricity from solar, hydro, and wind sources, combining trader expertise with a producer’s perspective to deliver efficient, transparent, and value-focused solutions to asset owners and investors in Italy.
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