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.
Korea Power Exchange to announce winners of 540MW/3,240MWh energy storage auction in February
Results of an auction to procure large-scale energy storage to support the electric grid in South Korea will be announced in February.
Pacifico Energy aims to prove subsidy-free BESS in Japan ‘demonstrates competitive returns’
“A multi-stream revenue stacking model” made it possible for Pacifico Energy to self-fund a new grid-scale battery storage project in Japan.
Malaysia: Energy Commission shortlists bidders in 1.6GWh ‘landmark’ BESS programme
Four projects have been selected in Peninsular Malaysia’s first programme to build large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) facilities.
HD Renewable Energy puts energy storage at centre of 2026 ‘overseas expansion year’ strategy
Taiwan-headquartered developer and services provider HD Renewable Energy (HDRE) is targeting further overseas expansion in 2026, with energy storage set to play a major role.
Philippines regulator’s ESS market rules will be ‘a watershed moment’
The Philippines needs to establish clearly defined rules for the market participation of energy storage systems (ESS), the chair of the country’s regulator has said.
Consortium sign agreements for Malaysia’s first battery-backed ‘firm’ solar power facility
A renewable energy subsidiary of oil & gas company Reservoir Link has agreed to jointly develop the first dispatchable solar PV power plant in Malaysia.
South Korea: ‘Companies have no model to recover their investment in DC energy storage’
Chang Jae Won of the Korea Smart Grid Association believes companies lack a model for recovering their investment in DC energy storage.
Philippines commissions country’s first agriPV-plus-storage project
The Philippines has commissioned the Batangas 1 project, the country’s first to combine agriPV with a battery energy storage system (BESS).
‘Power even without the sun’: President Marcos Jr inaugurates first ‘solar baseload’ power plant in Philippines
President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., was in attendance as the country’s first ‘baseload’ power plant to combine solar PV and battery storage officially went into action.
