A 100MW/400MWh BESS, the biggest project of its kind by output in Southeast Asia, has been welcomed into operation in Sabah, Malaysia.

Vena Energy has signed a battery storage supply agreement with CATL for a project which would export renewable energy from Indonesia to Singapore.

Manoa Energy and HD Renewable Energy Japan have begun commercial operation of a 50MW/104MWh battery storage project in Hokkaido, Japan.

The World Bank will invest in a huge 4GW, 5.12GWh solar-plus-storage complex in Malaysia, part of a pan-Southeast Asian power grid initiative.

Utility Osaka Gas and developer Sonnedix are installing what is claimed to be the largest battery storage facility co-located with renewable energy generation in Japan so far.

Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure (DEI), an asset manager backed by investment bank Daiwa Securities, has invested in a large-scale battery storage project in northern Japan.

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

Energy trading company Foxwell Power (FWP) has contracted Saft to supply a battery storage solution for a 356MWh project in Taiwan.

Tetchi Capellan, a pioneer of solar PV in the Philippines, discusses the country’s crucial turning point in its adoption of energy storage.

Some quick snapshots from the presentations and panels at Energy Storage Summit Asia 2025, taking place this week in Manila, Philippines.