Malaysia exploring solar tie-up with US


Strategic partnership: Takiyuddin (left) and Blinken at the Renewable Energy Roundtable. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is looking forward to exploring cooperation with the United States in its plan to introduce a utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) into the Peninsular electricity system.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said as solar energy becomes increasingly significant in the nation’s power systems, the intermittency related to this variable energy resource has to be addressed to ensure reliability of supply.

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