April 6, 2023: SMC Global Power Holdings inaugurated a 1,000MW/1,000MWh fleet of battery energy storage systems in the Philippines on April 4 — 570MW of which was supplied by Fluence Energy.
Fluence said the BESS portfolio, which is spread across 32 sites, is the largest in southeast Asia and provides advanced grid stability as increasing amounts of intermittent renewable energy sources are added to the grid.
SMC is one of the biggest power suppliers in the Philippines and US-based Fluence’s biggest customer.
Fluence said the BESS projects provide critical grid stability services throughout the National Transmission Network in the Philippines including frequency response, reserve power, and voltage regulation.
“The deployment of these energy storage systems marks a significant milestone in the clean energy transition journey of the Philippines towards a cleaner, more resilient, and flexible grid,” Fluence said.