Tasmania’s ambition to turn itself into Australia’s battery received a boost after Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government on Tuesday announced new funding toward a plan to a build a second undersea power cable to the mainland.
The federal government will contribute A$93.9 million ($70.8 million) for the Marinus Link project, a 370-kilometer (230-mile) cable under the Bass Strait, which when completed will be able to send 1,500 megawatts of capacity from Tasmania. The announcement comes after Morrison was last week snubbed from speaking at a global climate summit because of his government’s lack of ambition in tackling climate change.
