Remember the Sun Cable plan for a giant solar farm in the NT and a submarine cable to Singapore and how in Jan the news was a dispute between Twiggy Forrest and Cannon-Brookes drove the move into Administration.
Sun Cable collapses after dispute between billionaire investors Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes 11Jan2023
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-11/sun-cable-enters-administration/101845100
(WSH comments) Proposed cable to Singapore running along then crossing one of the great ocean trenches on Planet Earth.
The trench is location of colliding tectonic plates, subduction zone, heightened seismic activity, plus elevated volcanic risk think Krakatoa.
I wonder if behind the scenes efforts are going on to get Fed Govt taxpayer $dollars to boost the loony-toon scheme?
Even the comparatively tiny Basslink cable has been a financial disaster for Tassie taxpayers and TasHydro.
Leaving aside the certainty of geothermal damage to the cable, there was also the problem of how much eletricity would get to the customer. 5% loss per 1000 kilometres adds up over 5,200 km.
I almost said ‘paying customer’ but there is no evidence that Singapore regarded the project as anything but a joke. They were busy arranging supplies of natural gas.