325:(owned by Forrest). As of 5 May 2023, a process for the sale of the company has attracted four bidders, including Squadron and Grok. In May 2023, a consortium led by Grok Ventures and including Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners won the bid to acquire Sun Cable. Grok put A$ 65m into Sun Cable during its period in administration, and the takeover was finalised on 7 September 2023. The project aims to supply electricity to Darwin by 2030 (900 megawatts initially), and to Singapore a few years thereafter. Eventually the solar farm would produce 6 gigawatts of energy.
200:. The solar panels will cover 12,000 ha (30,000 acres) (12 km x 10 km) in an area with some of the best solar resources in the world. An 800 km (500 mi) overhead power line will transmit 6.4 GW to Darwin, where it will deliver up to 4GW to a proposed Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct before transferring to a 4,300 km (2,700 mi) 1.75 GW undersea power line to Singapore. This undersea cable will be the longest undersea cable in the world, exceeding the existing longest undersea power cable by a factor of around five.
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awarded the same status in July 2020, expediting construction by facilitating coordination and permitting. Singapore had not yet permitted the project, but benefits for it include long-term electricity price stability, the potential to become a hub for trading renewable electricity in the
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