Malaysia's national grid operation Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) launched the country's first grid-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) today.
TNB installed the 100MW/400MWh BESS at its 132/33kV Santong main input substation, located in Dungun, Terengganu. The facility is part of Malaysia's national energy transition roadmap.
The new BESS will strengthen the national grid system's stability and reliability, provides faster response to supply-demand imbalances, support peak load management, and enables greater solar energy integration, TNB said.
The global BESS market has grown far above expectations in the past few years, with annual deployments rising by 63pc last year to above 300GWh. The roll out of variable renewable energy such as solar energy is a major driver behind the growth in BESS capacity.
Global BESS additions are expected to exceed 400GWh this year, according to forecasts by Argus Consulting.
