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

Sumitomo Electric will supply a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system to enable grid integration of wind energy in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

HD Renewable Energy and utility Tokyo Gas signed a deal for two large-scale projects in another busy week for Japan’s growing battery storage market.

Energy storage firm Guoxia Technology (02655.HK) has released its first full annual report since listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange late last year.  

Developer-investor Hexa Energy Services has inaugurated what is thought to be Japan’s first operational battery storage project with a capacity market contract.

Hithium has signed a cooperation agreement for a potential 3GWh of battery storage deployments in the Asia-Pacific region with infrastructure investor Brawn Capital.

A 500MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) with grid-forming inverters has gone into commercial operation in Cambodia.

Thailand is increasing its renewable generation but its energy storage market still lags behind, while there is support for the upstream industry, writes analyst Charlotte Gisbourne.

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

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