Developers of battery storage projects across Southeast Asia must heed lessons learned elsewhere and engage with key stakeholders as early as possible, Energy-Storage.news has heard.

APAC’s AI data centres look set to lock in a decade of coal and gas dependency, but long-duration energy storage can break that cycle, says Pavina Adunratanasee of ArkTerra Partners.

Chinese system integrator HyperStrong has been contracted to work on a 100MW/440MWh battery storage project in Malaysia.

The power generation arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the Philippines’ largest private electricity distributor, has completed a grid-scale battery storage project.

Trina Storage’s Warrick Stapleton discusses APAC’s shift to 500MWh+ BESS, open ecosystem approach, and Australia’s role as a regional testbed.

Large-scale renewable energy power plant developers in the Philippines have been instructed to integrate energy storage into their proposed facilities.

A framework for the “development, utilisation and commercialisation of energy storage systems” in the Philippines has been passed by the House of Representatives.

Four projects have been selected in Peninsular Malaysia’s first programme to build large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) facilities.

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.

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