The proposed Sun Cable project envisions a 10 gigawatt capacity solar farm (with about 22 gigawatt-hours of battery storage) laid out across 15,000 hectares near Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory. Power generated will supply Darwin and be exported to Singapore via a 3,800km undersea cable.
Australia could soon export sunshine to Asia
The Conversation
2020
An article by John Matthews, Elizabeth Thurbon, Hao Tan and Sung-Young Kim featured in The Conversation, on February 26, 2020. Published in partnership with Macquarie University, the University of Newcastle and UNSW. The article explores emerging renewable energy export opportunities, including the proposed Sun Cable project in the Barkly region.
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