It might sound ‘batshit insane’ but Australia could soon export sunshine to Asia via a 3,800km cable

Australia is the world’s third largest fossil fuels exporter – a fact that generates intense debate as climate change intensifies. While the economy is heavily reliant on coal and gas export revenues, these fuels create substantial greenhouse gas emissions when burned overseas.

Submarine cables are laid using deep-sea vessels specifically designed for the job.

Australia doesn’t currently export renewable energy. But an ambitious new solar project is poised to change that.

The proposed Sun Cable project envisions a ten gigawatt capacity solar farm (with about 22 gigawatt-hours of battery storage) laid out across 15,000 hectares near Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory. Power generated will supply Darwin and be exported to Singapore via a 3,800km cable slung across the seafloor.

Sun Cable, and similar projects in the pipeline, would tap into the country’s vast renewable energy resources. They promise to provide an alternative to the export business of coal, iron ore and gas.

Read the story from The Conversation - “It might sound ‘batshit insane’ but Australia could soon export sunshine to Asia via a 3,800km cable.

Cities are leading the way to a sustainable future

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s the global discussion on climate change intensifies, cities are leading the way to a sustainable future. And for good reason.

Lean more about "100 Resilient Cities".

By 2050, nearly 70 percent of the world’s population will live in a city. As urban societies continue to expand and change, so too do the challenges facing them, particularly when it comes to climate change.

This growing urban population is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change—for example, 90 percent of all urban areas are coastal—but it is also powerful

Read the EcoWatch story - “100 Reasons Cities are Winning the Climate Fight.”