The Australia-Asia PowerLink will deliver power generated from the world’s biggest solar farm in Australia to Singapore through overhead and undersea cables.
The project, estimated to cost A$30 billion (US$22.4 billion), involves the development of a solar plant covering over 12,000 hectares in the town of Tennant Creek, approximately 990km from the town of Darwin. The harnessed renewable energy of 3GW is then transmitted to Darwin before being transferred to a 4,500km, 2.2GW undersea cable to Singapore via Indonesia. It is expected to supply its first batch of electricity to Darwin in 2026, and to Singapore in 2027, with full capacity in 2028. Additionally, a battery unit capable of storing between 36 and 42 Gigawatt hours will also be constructed on the solar panel field site to store excess energy.
