SMC and ABB to provide 80 MW BESS facilities in Philippines

SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation (SMC) and ABB Limited have partnered to install battery energy storage systems (BESS) facilities in the Philippines.

As a part of the agreement, ABB will be deploying two 20 MW systemsby the end of June 2021 and a 40 MW systemby July 2021. Work on the rest of the sites will be completed in 2022.Notably, SMC Global Power Holdings is building 1,000MW of battery storage across 31 sites in the Philippines, for parent company San Miguel Corporation.