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Home News Leader Energy and Plus Xnergy to Deploy Malaysia’s First Sodium-Sulfur Battery Energy Leader Energy Group Berhad, through its subsidiary Leader Solar Energy II Sdn Bhd (LSE II), has partnered with Plus Xnergy Services Sdn Bhd to install Malaysia’s first sodium-sulfur (NaS) battery energy storage system (BESS).
KUALA LUMPUR: Leader Energy Group Bhd's subsidiary Leader Solar Energy II Sdn Bhd has partnered with Plus Xnergy Services Sdn Bhd to deploy the country's first sodium-sulfur (NaS) battery energy storage system (BESS).
Image: Leader Energy Malaysian manufacturing firm Leader Energy has tied up with BASF Stationary Energy Storage to develop long-duration energy storage projects in Southeast Asia using the sodium-sulfur battery technology of NGK.
Plus Xnergy Group CEO Ko Chuan Zhen said, “Pioneering this NaS BESS system represents another milestone for us in supporting Malaysia’s net zero ambitions. We are pleased with the foresight of Leader Energy in piloting this technology, which has tremendous benefits for our renewable energy industry.
The project marks Peninsular Malaysia’s first utility-scale battery storage project. Back in February, Tenaga had talked about a battery pilot project that it said would be “operated by Grid System Operator (GSO), and overseen by the EC”.
The sodium-sulfur/NAS batteries are developed by Japanese firm NGK Insulators, and an NAS battery functions in a with an output of 250kW and a storage capacity of 1,450kWh. They can also discharge energy for six hours, and this long-term function could help tackle some of the issues surrounding solar irradiance that Leader Energy is aware of.
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