South Australian electricity distributor SA Power Networks is set to develop a portfolio of community batteries to help support distributed energy resources and electric vehicle (EV) charging capabilities.
PT Sembcorp Renewables Indonesia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-headquartered engineering firm Sembcorp, and state-owned PT PLN Nusantara Renewables have launched a utility-scale solar-plus-storage project in Indonesia.
Sembcorp has successfully bid into a Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) tender to build a large-scale solar PV project paired with battery storage.
Energy-Storage.news hears from the CEO of American Energy Storage Innovations (AESI), about its BESS technology, battery cell strategy, manufacturing in East Asia and the “shocking” price of manufacturing in the US and buying US-made cells.
A consortium of development finance institutions led by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and IPP Gulf Energy have signed a US$820 million loan agreement for a solar and storage portfolio in Thailand.
Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos Jr attended as construction began on what is thought to be the world’s largest power plant to combine solar PV and battery storage.
IPP JCM Power and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) are procuring a feasibility study for a project in Malawi combining a 50MW wind and 100MWh BESS.
Singapore’s government and Energy Market Authority have announced power sector and grid enhancements, including a possible expansion of Southeast Asia’s biggest battery storage plant.
