Fluence completes first projects in 470MW / 470MWh Philippines battery order
Fluence has completed the commissioning of two large-scale battery projects in the Philippines, following similar announcements by rivals ABB and Wärtsilä.
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ABB contributes to Philippines power company SMC’s 1,000MW battery project pipeline
ABB will add at least 80MW of battery storage to Philippines energy company SMC Global Power Holdings’ planned US$1 billion portfolio in the country.
Wärtsilä’s Philippines ESS projects: ‘Southeast Asia energy market is really exciting’
The Philippines is set to become a “full-sized market” for energy storage within a couple of years, according to Wärtsilä’s director for the Australasia region.
Wärtsilä commissions 60MW / 60MWh of battery storage in Philippines
Power and energy systems technology group Wärtsilä has completed work on two large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the Philippines.
Wärtsilä to install ‘first-of-its-kind’ floating battery storage solution in Southeast Asia
The energy storage system integration division of Wärtsilä Corporation will deploy a large-scale floating battery energy storage system for a thermal power facility in the Philippines.
Hitachi ABB Power Grids does virtual power plant and ‘greener coal mine’ projects in Southeast Asia
Hitachi ABB Power Grids will supply battery energy storage and smart controls to Singapore’s first virtual power plant (VPP), on a project aimed at validating methods for integrating more renewable energy onto the city-state’s electricity networks.
Hybrid solar microgrid for Cambodian holiday island to reduce local dependence on diesel
Singapore-headquartered microgrid company Canopy Power has partnered with Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) to build a hybrid project for a remote resort island in Cambodia that includes 2MWh of battery storage.
Fluence ‘reveals’ 500+MW contracted portfolio in unnamed Southeast Asia territory
Fluence has announced that it has been contracted to deliver a large tranche of projects in Southeast Asia, but has agreed with its customer not to reveal yet which country they will be located in.
Meralco and Hitachi inaugurate 2MW / 2MWh BESS in Philippines
The pilot project, which comprises two 1MW components, has been billed by its backers as the country's first grid-scale distributed battery system.
Southeast Asia: Early investors will gain huge advantage as solar-plus-storage becomes viable
Panellists at the opening day of Solar and Off-Grid Renewables Southeast Asia event in Bangkok warned that investors who come on board quickest are going to gain a huge advantage as solar-plus-storage starts to become viable at scale.
Sonnen strikes AU$90m deal with installer to enter Philippines and Malaysia markets
German energy storage system and energy management services provider Sonnen has made its first play for home storage markets in the Philippines and Malaysia.
Energy storage could ‘drive development’ in emerging economies
Energy storage deployments in emerging markets could grow 40% annually over the next five years, from 2GW today to 80GW, but barriers include the lack of access to low-cost capital, a new report from the International Finance Corporation has found
Asian Development Bank among contributors to Fluidic’s US$20m Southeast Asia push
Zinc-air battery-based energy storage system maker Fluidic Energy has received US$20 million in investment for projects in south-east Asia from a private equity fund which includes the Asian Development Bank as a partner.
Isolated grids and ‘fixed gas’ raises storage-plus-renewables potential in Indonesia
Poor grid flexibility in Indonesia means energy storage could be critical leverage when trying to install solar and wind projects.
Round-up: Manz’s ‘positive development’, Sonnenbatterie’s CEZ money and Phil
Some news in brief from around the world of energy storage this week: Manz underlines positive assessment of energy storage sector with US$55 million deals, Sonnenbatterie backs US push with investment from INVEN Capital, local sources report AES wants to build 250MW of projects in Philippines.