DBP grants P750-M credit line to boost renewable energy storage

MANILA – State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted a PHP750-million revolving credit line to a fledgling energy firm for the manufacture and export of cost-effective and sustainable energy storage systems for power generation activities of renewable energy companies, a top official said.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids Provides Battery Storage Tech to Thailand

Switzerland-headquartered Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ltd. recently announced its selection by Impact Solar Limited, a subsidiary of Impact Solar Group, to provide Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and controls technology to a “smart industrial park” project in Thailand, which is a part of the country’s largest private microgrid at Saha Industrial Park in Sriracha.

Thai plans for 8 GWh lithium battery gigafab

A Florida-based e-mobility company and a business park operator have pledged to invest up to $1 billion into the planned factory, in Chonburi province, starting with a 1 GWh section likely to take shape in 2023.

SEACEF invests in Vietnam solar and storage project

The South East Asia Clean Energy Facility (SEACEF), a collaboration of international foundations seeking to accelerate the low-carbon transition in Southeast Asia, has invested at the development phase of a floating solar and storage project in Dong Nai province in southeastern Vietnam.