Faced with unprecedented growth in demand, Singapore’s Energy Market Authority has launched plan that includes a gigawatt-hour energy storage target.

Four-hour battery storage is less expensive than open-cycle gas turbines in the 43 markets in which both technologies were modelled, according to a new report from market research firm Wood Mackenzie.

DLA Piper finds merchant BESS appeal splits Japan, Singapore and Australia, with regulatory certainty, grid access and returns shaping investor views.

ESR, a Singapore-headquartered real asset owner and manager focused on logistics real estate and data centres, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Aquila Clean Energy APAC.

India’s storage market remains focused on short-duration firming, but conversations about long-duration storage are already underway.

Japanese utility Tokyo Gas has entered into a long-term offtake agreement for a 49.7MW/202.1MWh battery storage project in Fukushima Prefecture.

The rising costs of coal and gas mean that the adoption of renewable energy is a “survival issue” for countries in Southeast Asia, and energy storage is critical to the transition.

ADB has approved a Royal Government of Cambodia application for financial support for a 250MW/500MWh battery storage project.

Energy Storage Summit Asia 2026 convenes in Bangkok as Vietnam’s tariff reform, Cambodia’s grid milestone, and AI demand reshape the region.

In this interview with Energy-Storage.news, Colin Koon Peng Ho of Banpu NEXT explains why policy certainty now outweighs cost in APAC battery storage investment decisions, and discusses regulatory barriers, supply chain localisation and the most attractive BESS opportunities.