Billionaires Tip More Cash Into Australia Solar Export Plan

  • Sun Cable completes A$210 million Series B funding round
  • Company plans to export solar to Singapore via undersea cable
Mike Cannon-BrookesPhotographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
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Atlassian Corp. co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes and iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest have committed more cash to a A$30 billion ($21.9 billion) project to export solar power from Australia’s Northern Territory to Singapore via an undersea cable.

Sun Cable Pty Ltd. completed a A$210 million Series B capital raising with existing shareholders to accelerate the progress of the Australia-Asia PowerLink, as well as other projects in its portfolio, the company said in a statement Monday. The raising was led by Cannon-Brookes’ investment group Grok Ventures and Forrest’s Squadron Energy.