Dover, DE, November 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) –Pacific Green Battery Energy Park (Italy) Srl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Green Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or “Pacific Green”, (OTCQB: PGTK)) announces that it has acquired a 51% interest in five Italian assignments (the “Projects”) from Sphera Energy Srl. The remaining 49% of the shares in allocation will be acquired after certain progression milestones have been completed.
The first allocation of the one hundred MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Campania has been submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security for authorization and the other four will be finalized in the coming months. Final approval of the five assignments is expected in the fourth quarter of 2024, the design and structure of which will be addressed through Pacific Green. The assignments will begin their 35-year operational life at the end of 2025.
Mahael Fedele, Partner and CEO of Sphera Energy, said: “After our launch 12 months ago as one of the first fully committed battery garage progression platforms in Italy, we are very pleased to participate in this partnership with Pacific Green to deliver high quality. projects in a developing sector. Italian energy storage market”
Scott Poulter, Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Green, added: “Building on our good fortune with the advancement and sale of Pacific Green’s 100 MWh Richborough Power Farm and Sheaf Energy’s 375 MWh advancement in the UK, Italy represents the next step in Pacific Green’s strategy. “European expansion into other markets where battery assets will be key to achieving national and European net-zero targets. In Italy, where the market situation favors longer-duration projects, we expect this portfolio to have a power capacity of between two and 3 gigawatt hours. .
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Pacific Green strives to meet the world’s desires for cleaner, more sustainable energy. It offers grid-scale battery power garage systems, renewable and environmental technologies.
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