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energy reporter Daniel Mercer

Clouds gather in Singapore over Cannon-Brookes, Twiggy-backed $30b Sun Cable project

If fully built, Sun Cable would be the world's biggest solar farm with a capacity of up to 20 gigawatts. (Supplied: Sun Cable)

Singaporean energy experts have poured cold water on plans backed by billionaires Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes to export solar power to the island nation, saying they are likely to be too expensive and impractical. 

Australian company Sun Cable wants to develop the world's biggest green-energy export project by building a giant 20-gigawatt solar farm in the Northern Territory before sending the power to Singapore via a 4,200-kilometre-long subsea cable.

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