Indonesia give green light to the Singapore-Australia undersea powerline
Indonesia Government has given it’s support behind the Sun Cable’s Australia-Asia Powerlink (AAPowerLink) that would route solar powered electricity through Indonesia water to Singapore directly from Darwin, Australia.
On the 23/09/2021 – Sun Cable announced a long term partnership with the Indonesian government which will include investment and jobs, knowledge sharing with academic institutions and the Indonesian government recommending a route for the AAPowerLink subsea cable from Darwin to Singapore. This was an exciting day and there was in person attendance from Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, The Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment for Indonesia, her excellency, Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Penny Williams, and CEO of Sun Cable, David Griffin.
Sun Cable
The AAPowerLink is a 30+ billion AUD project, noted to be one of the world’s largest renewable energy infrastructure project, that would generate solar energy from Elliott, to Darwin and Singapore, and would bring in up to 2 billion AUD in export for Australia annually. This is huge, considering Australia’s dairy export industry contributes between 2-3 billion AUD.
The Indonesia Government’s Minitry of Transportation had approved the subsea survey permit and has recommended the route of the transmission cables in Indonesian waters. As part of the project, Sun Cable will be driving investments and create job in Indonesia, share knowledge as well as supporting Indonesia manufacturing.
“The investment from the renewable energy company is expected to bring huge benefits for the Indonesian
Luhut Pandjaitan, The Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment for Indonesia
people. Sun Cable’s commitment to transfer knowledge in a bid to support renewable energy development
with Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) and Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS), as well as a
scholarship programme will help boost renewable energy innovation in the future.”
“Australia believes in a technology-driven approach to combating climate change and I am pleased the
Australia’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Penny Williams
Indonesian Government has supported Sun Cable’s project to harness and share the power of solar energy.
I look forward to Sun Cable investing in Indonesia, sharing knowledge, creating jobs and contributing to the
strengthening of Indonesia-Australia economic ties.”
Starting from 2028, the AAPowerLink project is estimated to supply up to 15% of Singapore’s electricity needs, and help reduce Singapore’s carbon emission by 6 million tonnes per year.
Within Australia, the project will create 1500 jobs in construction, 350 operational jobs and 12,000 indirect jobs. All in all, the AAPowerLink will be pivotal in Australia’s Northern Territory’s ambition to develop a 40 billion AUD economy by 2030.
“The Northern Territory will host the world’s largest solar and renewable energy system, which is a massive
Michael Gunner, Northern Territory Chief Minister
sign of confidence in the Territory – the Comeback Capital. It will inject $8 billion into the Australian
economy, with most of it being spent right here in the Northern Territory.”
The project, when completed, will boast one of the world’s largest solar farms (17-20 GWp), the world’s largest battery (36-42 GWh) and the world’s longest undersea High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable system (approx. 4,200 km ; Darwin to Singapore).
