Singapore’s Sun Cable plans to build a solar farm in the Northern Territory, Australia. Photo: Shutterstock Singapore’s Sun Cable plans to build a solar farm in the Northern Territory, Australia. Photo: Shutterstock
Singapore’s Sun Cable plans to build a solar farm in the Northern Territory, Australia. Photo: Shutterstock
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Could a US$14 billion Australian solar farm provide a fifth of Singapore’s energy?

  • Singapore firm Sun Cable plans to provide a fifth of the city’s energy through an undersea cable linked to a solar farm 3,800km away in Australia.
  • Experts – and billionaire backers – say that’s not as crazy as it might sound, even if it is commercially risky

Topic |   Australia
Joshua Mcdonald
Joshua Mcdonald

Updated: 6:30am, 6 Jul, 2020

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Singapore’s Sun Cable plans to build a solar farm in the Northern Territory, Australia. Photo: Shutterstock Singapore’s Sun Cable plans to build a solar farm in the Northern Territory, Australia. Photo: Shutterstock
Singapore’s Sun Cable plans to build a solar farm in the Northern Territory, Australia. Photo: Shutterstock
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