Energy Magazine December 2024 | Page 44

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Sun Cable ’ s Australia – Asia PowerLink

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ABOUT : SUNCABLE REVENUE : US $ 1.9BN ( 2023 ) EMPLOYEES : ~ 100 CEO : MITESH PATEL ( INTERIM ) FOUNDED : 2018
A proposed electricity infrastructure project expected to include the world ’ s largest solar plant , largest battery and longest submarine power cable , the Australia-Asia PowerLink – which collapsed in 2023 before being revived again later that year – is now set to supply electricity to Darwin by 2030 and then to Singapore a few years thereafter .
Now deemed technically and commercially viable by Singapore ’ s Energy Market Authority , SunCable ’ s Australia-Asia Power Link plans to send 1.75GW of renewable electricity to Singapore – about 15 % of its current needs – via a 4,300-km submarine cable . CREDIT : SUN CABLE