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World's biggest clean energy project to power Singapore from Australia
- Andys 5y agoWould it make sense to put the batteries on the Australian end or the Singapore end? I imaged the Singapore end where it as able to respond quickly to load as well as provide a buffer for cable faults/maintenance
- 8bitsrule 5y agoWow. If it were square, that solar-cell array would be nearly 7 mi (11 km) on a side. ~22,435 football-fields. Singapore's population is about 5.5M ... 20 GW is about 3600 watts per capita.
- somethoughts 5y agoCould be interesting for some HN folks as there is a specific SW tie in to this project. The founder of Atlassin is huge proponent of the project and putting his money where his mouth is. "Monster solar farm backed by Atlassian founder about to get ‘significantly bigger’" https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/monster-solar-farm-backed-by-atlassian-founder-about-to-get-significantly-bigger-20210820-p58kpm.html https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/monster-so... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajZEjZEW1F8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajZEjZEW1F8
- bluepoint 5y agoUhmmmm, why not set it up in Malaysia?
- aaron695 5y agoWeather. (lack of) Time zone differences.
- hulitu 5y agoWhy from Australia ? I heard that the south pole has sun half of the year.