{"id":42749,"date":"2026-05-20T22:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/42749\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:54:19","slug":"tnb-launches-maiden-national-grid-linked-bess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/42749\/","title":{"rendered":"TNB launches maiden national grid-linked Bess"},"content":{"rendered":"

PETALING JAYA: The Santong Battery Energy Storage System (Bess) project, with a capacity of 100MW\/400MWh, developed by Tenaga Nasional Bhd<\/a><\/a> (TNB), is the first Bess system in the country to be connected to the national grid.<\/p>\n

TNB chairman Tan Sri Abdul Razak Abdul Majid said the strategic facility located at the main intake substation (PMU) 132\/33kV Bess Santong is expected to strengthen the stability and reliability of the nation\u2019s electricity supply, especially on the East Coast.<\/p>\n

He said that the system also supports more extensive integration of renewable energy (RE).<\/p>\n

\u201cBess Santong plays an important role in ensuring grid stability through its rapid response capability to the imbalance of electricity supply and demand,\u201d he said while speaking at the launch ceremony of Bess Santong in Dungun yesterday.<\/p>\n

The launch was officiated by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.<\/p>\n

Bess Santong was developed on a 1.2-ha site and began operations on April 16.<\/p>\n

Abdul Razak said the Bess system also uses liquid-cooling technology and grid-forming capabilities, enabling the integration of RE on a larger scale while improving the operational efficiency of the national grid.<\/p>\n

\u201cBess Santong functions as a smart energy bank that stores electricity from RE sources such as large-scale solar farms and hybrid hydro-floating solar systems before being fed back into the grid when needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough this capability, the system can balance the fluctuations in electricity supply and demand in real-time, especially during peak times or system disruptions, thereby reducing pressure on the grid and enhancing the stability of the electricity supply,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Abdul Razak added that the system can support electricity needs equivalent to approximately 40,000 households on the East Coast, depending on current usage patterns.<\/p>\n

He said that the strategic project was completed within 309 days from the start date to the commencement of operations, thereby proving TNB\u2019s capability to implement energy infrastructure projects efficiently and swiftly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe analytical and digital approach in forecasting energy demand, optimising supply distribution, and real-time asset monitoring also strengthens the operational efficiency of the national grid.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe development of Bess Santong aligns with the aspirations of the National Energy Transition Roadmap or NETR in strengthening grid infrastructure to support the broader integration of RE and enhance the resilience of the national energy system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, TNB chief executive officer Datuk Shamsul Ahmad said that Bess Santong played an important role in ensuring grid system stability through its rapid response capability to address supply-and-demand imbalances.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe system supports peak load management and the integration of solar energy on a larger scale through grid-forming capabilities,\u201d he said. \u2014 Bernama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PETALING JAYA: The Santong Battery Energy Storage System (Bess) project, with a capacity of 100MW\/400MWh, developed by Tenaga…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21249],"tags":[21667,8795,2580,21666,21539],"class_list":["post-42749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national-grid","tag-bess","tag-corporate-news","tag-national-grid","tag-santong","tag-tnb"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116609369069268201","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}