Malaysia's BESS news
The market we're building in, tracked: utility-scale launches, the MyBeST auction, SELCO rules and the capital moving into Malaysian battery storage.
A curated feed of Malaysian battery-storage news. Each headline links to the original source.
Malaysia opens LSS6, its biggest solar tender, with storage now compulsory
The government launches a 2,500 MW solar tender that must be paired with 1,250 MW of battery storage, worth an estimated RM13 to 15 billion.
Read moreMyBeST winners sign with TNB as Malaysia's first grid-storage tender moves to build
ERS Energy secures two of the four shortlisted battery projects and signs offtake agreements with Tenaga Nasional, pushing the 1.6 GWh programme into construction.
Read moreMikro MSC becomes Hong Kong Cospower's exclusive Malaysian storage partner
Bursa-listed Mikro MSC signs a two-year exclusive tie-up with Hong Kong Cospower Technology to chase Malaysia's grid-scale battery pipeline.
Read moreBattery storage to be expanded nationwide to strengthen the grid
The government widens battery storage from the peninsula to Sabah and Sarawak, and makes it mandatory for new large-scale solar.
Read moreCBH Engineering lands RM27.7 million turnkey job to connect a 100 MW battery to the grid
The electrical firm will build the interconnection facility for a 100 MW / 400 MWh battery system in Pahang, tying it into the national grid.
Read moreTNB commissions the 100 MW / 400 MWh Santong BESS on the national grid
TNB switches on a 100 MW / 400 MWh battery in Terengganu, the national grid's first grid-forming storage system.
Read moreSteelmaker Ann Joo wins RM37.4 million to build a 100 MW battery project in Kedah
Ann Joo Resources moves into grid storage, taking a design and build contract for a 100 MW / 400 MWh battery system at Bukit Kayu Hitam.
Read moreKenyir project to house South-east Asia's largest battery, at 1,190 MWh
A RM1.96 billion contract pairs a giant floating solar farm on Tasik Kenyir with a 297.5 MW / 1,190 MWh battery, the biggest in the region.
Read moreEnergy Commission shortlists bidders in the 1.6 GWh MyBeST programme
Malaysia's first competitive grid-storage tender narrows to four 100 MW / 400 MWh projects, 1.6 GWh in all.
Read moreSabah launches South-east Asia's biggest battery energy storage system
A 100 MW / 400 MWh system in Lahad Datu, billed as the largest in the region by energy capacity, comes online to firm the state grid.
Read moreAmBank funds RM408.2 mil for the Lahad Datu battery project
AmBank arranges RM408.2 million for the Lahad Datu battery project, among the first large storage financings by a Malaysian bank.
Read moreMalaysia commissions its first big BESS at the Sejingkat power plant
Sarawak Energy switches on a 60 MW / 82 MWh battery at the Sejingkat plant, Malaysia's first utility-scale storage system.
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