Home · News

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.

Industry news · 2025–2026

A curated feed of Malaysian battery-storage news. Each headline links to the original source.

Partnership · 3 Jun 2026 · Utusan Malaysia

Mikro 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 more
Policy · Tenders · 29 May 2026 · The Star

Battery 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 more
Utility-scale · 18 May 2026 · Power Line

TNB 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 more
Policy · Auction · 19 Dec 2025 · Energy-Storage.news

Energy 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 more
Utility-scale · 12 Dec 2025 · Malay Mail

Sabah 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 more
Regulation · SELCO · 27 Mar 2025 · SP Legal

Revised standby charges and a deferred BESS mandate for SELCO users

Malaysia softens the SELCO standby charge and defers the battery mandate to 2026, easing the cost of self-consumption solar.

Read more
Financing · 30 Apr 2025 · The Star

AmBank 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 more
C&I · SELCO · 18 Jun 2025 · Plus Xnergy

A practical guide to how batteries cut a business energy bill

How batteries lower a commercial power bill in Malaysia, from shaving the demand charge to arbitraging time-of-use rates under the new RP4 tariff.

Read more
Utility-scale · First · 14 Feb 2025 · ESS-News

Malaysia 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.

Read more

For UniBess project news or a partnership, get in touch.