Australia touted a world-first project Tuesday that could help make the country a “renewable energy superpower” by shifting huge volumes of solar electricity under the sea to Singapore.<\/p>\n
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Canberra to ink a new green energy deal between the two countries.<\/p>\n
Albanese said the pact showed a “collective resolve” to slash greenhouse gas emissions through an ambitious energy project.<\/p>\n
He name-checked clean energy start-up Sun Cable, which wants to build a high-voltage transmission line capable of shifting huge volumes of solar power from the deserts of northern Australia to tropical Singapore.<\/p>\n
Sun Cable has said that, if successful, it would be the world’s first intercontinental power grid.<\/p>\n
“If this project can be made to work — and I believe it can be — you will see the world’s largest solar farm,” Albanese told reporters.<\/p>\n
“The prospect of Sun Cable is just one part of what I talk about when I say Australia can be a renewable energy superpower for the world.”<\/p>\n
Lee said the green economy deal was the “first such agreement of its kind”.<\/p>\n
“We hope that it will be a pathfinder for other countries simply to co-operate with one another to deal with what is a global problem.”<\/p>\n
Australia is one of the world’s largest coal and gas exporters and has been frequently criticised on the global stage for its failure to make meaningful reductions in carbon emissions.<\/p>\n
Coal still plays a key role in domestic electricity production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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