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That project recently collapsed.
by depereo 4y ago
That project recently collapsed.
- rgmerk 4y ago"Collapsed" is oversimplifying the situation. The project was a joint venture between a multibillionaire mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and the Atlassian cofounder Mike Cannon-Brookes. For whatever reason Forrest decided that other renewable energy ventures were a better bet and stopped funding the project. Despite it entering administration, Cannon-Brookes gave it another $65 million to continue operations. https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/administrators-kick-off-sale-process-for-sun-cable.html https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/administrator... As such, I don't think this one is quite dead yet.
- defrost 4y agoThe geophysics are as sketchy as AF. There was a certain amount of risk with the failure mode of a single deep cable etc. That was amplified beyond acceptable by the route which crossed multiple fault lines in a heavily volcanic region with many tectonic issues. With a tangential throw to the true father (IMHO) of evolution . . . [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Line