Tenaga Nasional Bhd will kick-start a 400 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) pilot project in this quarter, marking Malaysia''s first utility-scale battery storage project to address intermittency
The tender is designed to support the integration of solar and wind power into the grid by providing energy storage solutions that can release electricity on demand. The NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap Tender 5
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, SEPTEMBER 25th, 2024 -- Sungrow, the global leading PV inverter and energy storage system provider, has recently inked an agreement with MSR Green Energy SDN BHD (MSR-GE) to advance a 100MW/400MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Sabah, Malaysia.
Most of Malaysia, including the capital Kuala Lumpur and surrounding urban regions, is not seeing big demand for energy storage systems yet, according to one developer working on battery storage projects throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
As of 2020, only about 3.9% of Malaysia’s primary energy supply came from renewable sources including solar, bioenergy and hydropower, with 42.4% from natural gas, 27.3% from crude oil and petroleum and 26.4% from coal.
The final installed capacity will be 517MWh to meet the client’s long-term capacity needs. MSR-GE, the lead company in the venture, successfully secured the tender from Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd. (SESB) and accepted a Letter of Award dated September 11th, 2024.
Citaglobal and Genetec Technology showcased the product at a March 2023 event attended by Malaysia’s Minister of International Trade and Industry, Zafrul Tengku Aziz. Sungrow has agreed to supply battery energy storage system (BESS) technology to a large-scale project in Malaysia.
The contract is worth RM645 million (US$156.53 million). According to various local news reports, construction is expected to begin imminently, and the project is scheduled to go into commercial operation by 30 June 2025. Design allows for the project’s 400MWh total capacity to be later expanded to 517MWh.
