by Ganesh Sahathevan
n building the Sun Cable story, despite silence from its intended customer,
the Government Of Singapore
Singapore's Channel News Asia has reported what Australian media, politicians, and statutory bodies, especially Infrastructure Australia have ignored:
Sun Cable still needs the green light to be able to transmit its solar energy in a few year's time. It is optimistic it can reach an agreement with Singapore authorities to be allowed to hook up its power link, but did not disclose when it expected that might happen.
Readers will be aware that even the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has insisted that is a done deal (see story below).
Following Albanese's false claims, Infrastructure Australia, a Commonwealth statutory body has endorsed the project so that it now qualfies for funding by Albanese's ALP Government.
After completing its own assessment of the economic impact of the project, Infrastructure Australia, which first added AAPowerLink to its Infrastructure Priority Initiative List in 2021, provided its endorsement, recommending the project for commonwealth investment.
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Australian PM Albanese suggests that his Sun Cable has been given preferential treatment in the ongoing Singapore Government call for renewable energy proposals-If true, other bidders are being disadvantaged, and clarification is required
by Ganesh Sahathevan
The newly elected Prime Minister Of Australia, Anthony Albanese (photo above) , like his predecessor Scott Morrison , claims that Sun Cable , an Australian company, will supply solar energy that to Singapore, and meet 15% of Singapore's electricity needs.
Meanwhile the Government Of Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) is in the process of calling for renewable energy proposals.
PM Albanese's assertion suggests that his country's Sun Cable has been given preferential treatment in the ongoing EMA call for renewable energy proposals. If true, other bidders are being disadvantaged, and clarification is required
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Transcript from PM Albanese's official website, containing his latest claims about Sun Cable.
NORTHERN TERRITORY CHIEF MINISTER: It's a unique opportunity to work with a Federal Labor Government that believes in climate change, believes we need to shift across to renewables. We have enormous opportunity here in the Northern Territory. I think COVID put us on the radar with the Howard Springs facility, but the rest of Australia is waking up. We have natural resources, we have solar, we have NASA and so it's an exciting time. So I look forward to working with the incoming Commonwealth Government that Sun Cable project is huge and every Australian should go and Google it after they watch the news tonight and see the investment in the Northern Territory and the fact that we will have a cable linking Australia to Singapore and this is an exciting opportunity for us to have our renewables going offshore, giving us economic opportunity. Thank you.
PRIME MINISTER: I'll make this this point as well about the Sun Cable project. One, it is the largest by a long way. Overwhelmingly the largest solar project in the world on the planet, and that is very exciting for us. The other thing is I have had discussions with Mike Cannon-Brookes and others connected with Sun Cable about how we maximise Australian input there. So areas like the production of the cable itself, this is a manufacturing boom that we have potentially here in Australia. It's what, when I spoke about a feature made in Australia during the campaign, it's exactly that. We have, there isn't a solar panel in the world that doesn't have Australian IP involved. Whether it's ANU or UNSW, we need to maximise Australian input.
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