Singapore's Sembcorp Industries has developed Southeast Asia's largest energy storage system (ESS), which has begun commercial operation on Jurong Island.
Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) and Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) have officially opened what is being touted as Southeast Asia's largest energy storage system. The Sembcorp energy storage system (ESS) spans two hectares of land in the Banyan and Sakra region on Jurong Island, southwest of the main island of Singapore.
Singapore has surpassed its 2025 energy storage deployment target three years early, with the official opening of the biggest battery storage project in Southeast Asia. The opening was hosted by the 200MW/285MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project's developer Sembcorp, together with Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA).
Does Singapore need energy storage systems?
The Energy Market Authority (EMA), a statutory board under the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry, is taking proactive steps to encourage the deployment of energy storage systems across the island. Various statutory papers have been published to provide clarity on the deployment of ESS in Singapore and the current regulatory framework.
What is Sembcorp energy storage system (ESS)?
Singapore, February 2, 2023 – Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) and the Energy Market Authority (EMA) today officially opened the Sembcorp Energy Storage System (ESS). The Sembcorp ESS is Southeast Asia's largest ESS and spans across two hectares of land in the Banyan and Sakra region on Jurong Island.
Will Sembcorp build Southeast Asia's largest energy storage system?
Sembcorp Successfully Commissions Southeast Asia's largest Energy Storage System”, December 23, 2022. Based on independent assurance provider DNV's global database of 4,210 ESS projects totalling 32GWh and publicly available information as of January 5, 2023 for a comparable size utility-scale ESS (same or higher rating and same design).
With just one project, EMA has achieved and exceeded Singapore's deployment target of 200MWh of energy storage by 2025. The target was set as part of the EMA programme, Accelerating Energy Storage Access for Singapore (ACCESS), through which the EOI solicitation was held.