Analysis A plan backed by Atlassian co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes aimed at providing 15 percent of Singapore’s electricity needs using solar energy generated in Australia has collapsed.
The Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPL) project envisioned installing 120km2 of solar panels capable of generating 3.2 gigawatts in Australia’s Northern Territory, storing the output in a giant battery near the city of Darwin, then piping it 4,000km through an undersea cable to Singapore.
At first blush it sounds bonkers, but its individual components don’t seem so far out of the question.
The Northern Territory is enormous and sparsely populated, so installing 120km2 of solar panels is feasible if challenging.
A giant battery is also doable, and Canno…
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