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"SunCable says it has reached a “landmark” 70-year deal with traditional owners
for the development of what will be Australia’s biggest solar project – to be
built on a cattle station in the heart of the Northern Territory.
The announcement was made on Monday and involves agreement with traditional
owners and the Northern Land Council for the construction of the multi-gigawatt
solar facility on 12,000 hectares at the Powell Creek station.
SunCable says the agreements are the result of talks that were initiated in
2019 for a vast tract of land that it wants to use to build huge solar and
battery storage facilities to help power new industrial facilities in and
around Darwin, and later Singapore via a sub-sea cable.
It says it is the final agreement it needs – having already secured approvals
from the federal and territory governments – before it can go about finalising
contracts with customers and setting out to build the facility.
The scale of the project – originally for up to 20 gigawatts of solar – has
been modified several times since, and is still not settled.
However, SunCable COE Ryan Willemsen-Bell says the aim is to generate around 3
gigawatts of “firmed” renewables, which would require some 12 GW of solar and
45 GWh of battery storage to continue through the night. The first project
stage might aim for 200 MW of firmed solar, he told
Renew Economy."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
