The programme, Malaysia Battery Energy Storage System (MyBeST), was the first tender for energy storage resources for the Malaysian Peninsular. MyBeST launched in November 2024.
It was run in alignment with Malaysia’s National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETRA), which targets renewable energy becoming 70% of the country’s installed generation capacity by 2050.
The programme sought a total of 400MW/1,600MWh of BESS resources, with each project of equal size, including 400MWh of usable capacity to 100MW output. Commissioning dates for the projects are in 2027, and the shortlisted bidders were announced towards the beginning of this year.
HyperStrong’s new customers ERS Energy, which is a solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and commissioning company active across Southeast Asia and Gamuda, an engineering and infrastructure corporation, bid into the solicitation as a consortium.
The other shortlisted awardees are projects from a consortium of independent power producer (IPP) Blueleaf Energy and engineering and project delivery company Universal Peak, renewable energy developer Leader Energy and a separate project bid by ERS Energy.
