Energy & Science
Australia Fast-Tracks Plan to Send Solar Power to Singapore
- Sun Cable venture granted ‘major project status’ by government
- Plan envisions 2,300-mile undersea power cable to Singapore
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Australia granted “major project status” to an ambitious A$22 billion ($16 billion) plan to export power from a giant solar farm in the country’s north to Southeast Asia via undersea cable.
The status recognizes the “strategic significance” of the project, which is expected to inject billions of dollars into the economy and create thousands of jobs, Angus Taylor, minister for energy and emissions reduction, said in a statement Wednesday.