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.
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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.