Eni breaks ground on stationary battery manufacturing plant in Brindisi

06 Jul Eni breaks ground on stationary battery manufacturing plant in Brindisi

London, (Oilandgaspress) – Eni Storage Systems, a company jointly owned by Eni Industrial Evolution and FIB (Seri Industrial Group), today launched construction works at the Brindisi industrial site for the development of a new integrated Italian and European hub for the production of lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries. The batteries will primarily be used for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) that support the deployment of renewables and enhance grid stability. These systems store energy generated from renewable sources when production exceeds demand and release it when needed, making them essential to overcoming the intermittency of renewables. European demand for such systems is expected to grow from 36 GWh in 2025 to around 138 GWh by 2030*.

Today, an official groundbreaking ceremony for the first integrated hub dedicated to the production of stationary batteries was held in an area of the Versalis industrial site that was formerly used for polymer storage and other industrial activities that have long since been decommissioned. The ceremony was attended by Italy’s Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, together with local authorities.

Eni Storage Systems’ development plan includes the construction of a gigafactory in Brindisi for the production of battery cells and modules, together with a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) assembly plant. The latter will have an expanded capacity, enabling it to assemble battery modules also supplied by Seri Industrial’s gigafactory in Teverola, in the province of Caserta. To complete the project, in the second phase the Brindisi site will also host the production of lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) cathode active material and battery recycling activities, both built to serve the two gigafactories. The project envisages a total production capacity of 16 GWh per year by 2030 (half in Brindisi and half at the Teverola plant), equivalent to more than 10% of the European market for stationary energy storage systems (BESS).

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