[LINK] Sun Cable’s solar and battery mega-project may be first of many

[Tom Worthington]

On 28/5/20 9:11 pm, David Boxall wrote:

> An immensely complicated project. At the very least, much will be learned ...

Yes, I helped set up the ANU's Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific 
Project: 
https://www.anu.edu.au/research/research-initiatives/zero-carbon-energy-for-the-asia-pacific

This project is researching how to collect renewable wind and solar 
energy from northern Australia and ship it overseas. The simplest way is 
solar panels and a cable, as with Sun Cable, but there are other 
options. For example a synthetic fuel can be made, or ore refined and 
the energy exported embedded in the product.

One difficult issue is engagement of the indigenous community who own 
the land on which the energy would be collected. Another is the energy 
policy of the customer countries, so they can receive and buy the 
energy. 
https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/search/label/Zero-Carbon%20Energy%20for%20the%20Asia-Pacific%20Project


ps: One option the project is not yet exploring is to export energy 
embedded in bits, from renewable powered data centers in northern 
Australia. Any companies interested in funding that?


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