As the battery storage market continues its strong growth trajectory, battery manufacturers are ramping up production to meet increased demand.

Developers must use all the tools at their disposal and be aware of the frontline climate risks that battery storage projects in Southeast Asia will be subject to.

Rondo Energy and SCG Cleanergy have commenced operation of Southeast Asia’s first industrial thermal battery energy storage system (BESS) at SCG’s cement plant in Saraburi, Thailand.

HyperStrong has marked a significant strategic step in the Southeast Asian market with two key achievements in the Philippines during October, inaugurating a new office in Manila’s financial district and signing a major domestic 185MWh BESS project.

Singapore’s Jurong Island looks set to host a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant with integrated battery storage.

A new partnership aims to deploy an integrated solution combining solar PV with sodium-ion batteries at commercial and industrial (C&I) sites in Southeast Asia.

Envision Energy has inked a strategic partnership with SUN Terra to collaborate on energy storage in Southeast Asia, India and Australia.

Jinko ESS has secured a 10MWh energy storage project in the Southeast Asia region, involving deployment of an off-grid energy storage system to provide reliable renewable power for remote factories.

Donald Trump has announced his sweeping ‘Liberation Day’ global tariffs, with another new China tariff resulting in an effective doubling of the price of batteries and BESS imported from there to the US.