The Australian government may have little interest in renewable energy, but neighboring countries like Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan certainly do.
An undersea power cable will transport solar energy from sunny Australia to Singapore, helping the island nation transition to carbon-free electricity.
Ports will be much quieter, much less polluted, much less of a greenhouse gas emitter, and much more efficient. Everyone will be better off at the end of this process. Well, except for the people who invested heavily in hydrogen for energy.
Sun Cable, the grand scheme to make renewable solar energy in Australia and send it to Singapore by cable, is back in business.
A very public disagreement about the management of the world’s biggest renewable energy export project, Sun Cable, has sparked a plethora of conflicting headlines. It is turning into a billionaire battle. Headlines range from the blunt “Collapse of the $35 Billion Sun Cable” (Spectator) to the mythic “Shades of Icarus … [continued]
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Future Industries has bought a majority stake in technology group HyET. Its “Powerfoil” solar technology is described as extremely lightweight (5% of the weight of traditional glass panels), and with a significantly lower levelized cost of energy. HyET is also invested in hydrogen electrolyser technology. “The electrically … [continued]
