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I believe they have the technical challenges solved (at least on paper), and the Singaporean and Australian governments have both approved the project. I'm a l

I believe they have the technical challenges solved (at least on paper), and the Singaporean and Australian governments have both approved the project. I'm a little surprised Singapore approved it, as it'll need to supply about 10% of Singapore's power in order to cover the cost of the cable, which seems like a big vulnerability to me. Next question is, can they find enough buyers in Singapore for that much power.

decimalenough 2y ago
Singapore's electricity is currently produced mostly from LNG piped in from Malaysia and Indonesia, so more diversification is welcome.
- crowcroft 2y ago
  At least there’s a fairly direct route from those countries to Singapore. Australia is pretty far, and there are some countries in between that could be a menace at any point in the future. Pretty big challenge for Singapore to figure out a way to guarantee security long term.