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The world’s biggest solar PV and battery storage project, Sun Cable, has been expanded up to a mind-bending 20 gigawatts for the solar component of the Northern Territory proposal, and 36-42GWh of battery storage.
Sun Cable released the new parameters of the world-leading project in an announcement revealing that it had been granted a sub-sea survey permit by Indonesia to facilitate the passage of the project’s more than 4,000km long undersea cable – destined for Singapore – through Indonesian waters.
The company – backed by billionaire co-founders Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes – said Indonesia’s coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment, Luhut Binsar Panjaitain, had confirmed the Indonesian government’s recommended route of the transmission cables through Indonesian waters.
The high-voltage direct current cable, which would also be the largest of its kind in the world, aims to transmit renewable energy from Elliott in the NT, to Darwin and then to Singapore, where it is estimated the project could supply up to 15% of Singapore’s electricity needs, starting from 2028.
Sun Cable said in a statement that the now $A30 billion plus Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink) is another step closer to being realised, after the Indonesian government confirmed the above key facilitation measures.
The project started off as a 10GW solar and 20GWh battery idea, before being expanded to 14GW of solar and 33GWh of battery storage. The increase, foreshadowed a few weeks ago, was even bigger than expected.
The company said that by unlocking Australia’s vast, world-class solar resources, Sun Cable is paving the way for a new export industry, with the AAPowerLink forecast to generate up to $A2 billion in exports, more than 1500 jobs in construction, 350 operational jobs, and 12,000 indirect jobs.
“This is a significant milestone for the AAPowerLink and brings us closer to generating and transmitting affordable, dispatchable renewable energy to Darwin and Singapore, via the world’s largest renewable energy transmission network,” said Sun Cable CEO David Griffin in a statement.
“We are developing the technology that integrates solar, storage and High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission technologies, to meet the large-scale demand for renewable energy.
“There is a significant alignment with the Australian government’s Technology Roadmap and Lowering Emissions MOU signed with Singapore in October 2020,” Griffin said.
By: Sophie Vorrath
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