Japan’s first capacity market-contracted BESS brought online by Hexa Energy
Developer-investor Hexa Energy Services has inaugurated what is thought to be Japan’s first operational battery storage project with a capacity market contract.
Hithium signs 3GWh long-duration BESS agreement with APAC investor Brawn Capital
Hithium has signed a cooperation agreement for a potential 3GWh of battery storage deployments in the Asia-Pacific region with infrastructure investor Brawn Capital.
Cambodia welcomes ‘significant and historic achievement’ of 1GWh grid-forming battery storage project
A 500MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) with grid-forming inverters has gone into commercial operation in Cambodia.
Thailand’s energy storage market lags despite renewable push and upstream manufacturing support
Thailand is increasing its renewable generation but its energy storage market still lags behind, while there is support for the upstream industry, writes analyst Charlotte Gisbourne.
Philippines Department of Energy instructs renewable energy plants to add energy storage
Large-scale renewable energy power plant developers in the Philippines have been instructed to integrate energy storage into their proposed facilities.
Vietnam’s BESS breakthrough: A turning point for energy storage across ASEAN
Vietnam is confronting barriers to energy storage deployment, setting an example for the wider ASEAN region, writes Sunita Dubey.
EVE Energy to deploy 628Ah battery cells in solar-plus-storage system at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Chinese battery manufacturer EVE Energy has secured a contract with the Malaysian government to deploy an AC/DC integrated 36MWh solar-plus-storage system at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
HDRE, Brawn Capital put ‘100% merchant’ BESS into operation in northern Japan
Manoa Energy and HD Renewable Energy Japan have begun commercial operation of a 50MW/104MWh battery storage project in Hokkaido, Japan.
Malaysia’s first large-scale battery storage system inaugurated in Sabah, Borneo
A 100MW/400MWh BESS, the biggest project of its kind by output in Southeast Asia, has been welcomed into operation in Sabah, Malaysia.
At nearly 200GWh, China’s new energy storage deployment rate hit record high in 2025
By the end of December 2025, China’s cumulative installed capacity of new energy storage technologies including lithium-ion reached 144.7GW, representing an 85% year-on-year rise.
