Octopus wraps 'big battery' joint venture with Nexta Capital

Stuart Stone
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Octopus Energy Development Partnership aims to deliver to up to 1.5GW of energy storage in Italy and targets €1bn investment by 2030

Octopus Energy's generation arm has announced a new joint venture with Milan-based Nexta Capital to develop up to 1.5GW of commercial-scale battery storage systems across several projects in southern Italy....

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