PETALING JAYA: Leader Energy Group Bhd and Plus Xnergy Services Sdn Bhd have announced the upcoming deployment of the country’s first sodium-sulfur (NaS) battery energy storage system (BESS).
Plus Xnergy will install and commission the 1.45MWh capacity BESS in LSE II’s large-scale solar (LSS) farm located at Bukit Selambau, Kedah, the companies said in a joint statement.
The groundbreaking system utilises NaS battery technology which has greater energy density and can fully discharge without cell degradation.
Its discharge duration of six to 18 hours is significantly higher than lithium-based systems. As a result, it can store more energy in a smaller footprint while having a longer life span at low maintenance, the statement added.
The company said this project marked Malaysia’s first utility-scale BESS connected to an operational LSS farm and is noteworthy as it will also be the first megawatt-scale grid connected battery used for LSS applications in peninsular Malaysia.
This system’s scalable design allowed for future expansion through a two-layer stacked container configuration.
