Monday, January 23, 2023

Solar: The Plan For The World's Longest Extension Cord (Australia to Singapore) Is Dead

We've been following this one for a while, some links below.

From Singapore's Straits Times, January 20:

 Sun Cable sale process to start by end-Jan, say administrators 

SINGAPORE – The voluntary administrators of Sun Cable, the company planning a renewable energy power link between Australia and Singapore, held its first meeting of creditors on Friday, just over a week after the firm entered into administration.

In a statement, FTI Consulting said the process to commence the sale of Sun Cable would start before the end of January and could take three months. The meeting sought funds to allow the company to continue in business while its future is being decided.

Sun Cable entered voluntary administration on Jan 11 amid disputes among its main investors, Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest and Sun Cable chairman Mike Cannon-Brookes, over the viability of sending solar power via a 4,200km cable from Australia’s Northern Territory to Singapore....

....MUCH MORE

Previously:

September 2021
Solar Power Export Cable From Australia to Singapore Gets Indonesia's Okay
Both Singapore and Indonesia have to be a bit concerned that dealing with Australia means dealing with a police state so here's hoping they get some sort of indemnification for said dealings....

That was me attempting to make light of Australia's covid restrictions. Reading it now I realize it was funnier in my head than on the page. And the outro was just plain disgusted:

I suppose if it came down to it I'd put Singapore's Gurkhas up against the whole lot of the Aussie cops whose only skill seems to be beating disarmed civilians. Seriously, have you seen some of the videos?

August 2020
"Australians have $16B plan to beam solar energy onto Asia's power grids"
November 2020
Guy Hands Family Office buys largest private cattle company in Australia (also the land that Singapore's electricity is supposed to be generated on)
July 2020
"Could a US$14 billion Australian solar farm provide a fifth of Singapore’s energy?"
May 2020
BP Smacks Exxon Upside Head With New Green Hydrogen Scheme (can SunCable to Singapore be far behind?) 
A couple of the approaches being talked about, make hydrogen in Australia and send it to Singapore or use submarine electrical cable to carry (solar) electricity to Singapore.