Civil Engineering January-February 2022 | Vol 30 No 1

Civil Engineering January/February 2022 25 of its partnership with the Northern Territory Government, Sun Cable signed a Project Delivery Agreement with the Chief Minister Michael Gunner and was granted major project status in July 2019. Sun Cable is engaging with the First Nations stakeholders inclusive of traditional owners, recognised native title owners, neighbouring communities, and Land Councils. “The Australia-Asia PowerLink will inject AUD$8 billion into the Australian economy, with most of it being spent right here in the Northern Territory. Sun Cable has established an office in the Territory and employed more than a dozen Darwin firms for initial works. This project con- tinues to build momentum and create more jobs and opportunities for Territorians, and is another massive sign of confidence in the comeback capital,” says Gunner The AAPowerLink will also be capable of supplying up to 15% of Singapore’s elec- tricity needs, with full capacity available from 2028. Sun Cable’s modelling shows AAPowerLink could reduce Singapore’s emissions by 6 million tonnes per year, matching the entire climate abatement gap in Singapore’s announced 2030 targets. The AAPowerLink’s total carbon emissions abatement is estimated at 8.6 million tonnes of CO 2 e per year. The project is also expected to unlock direct investment and job opportunities, R&D, knowledge sharing, and open up future growth in new and emerging industries. By unlocking the vast, world-class solar, and land resources that Australia has available, Sun Cable is creating the pathway for a new export industry, gen- erating up to AUD$2 billion per annum in exports for Australia, and forecasts the potential to directly and indirectly employ tens of thousands in Australia, Indonesia and Singapore.  Sun Cable’s Australia-Asia PowerLink Project Electricity demand is set to double in the region in the next 20 years to circa 2 000 terawatt-hours (TWh), an annual growth rate of nearly 4%, almost twice as fast as the rest of the world. Australia has the highest average solar radiation per square metre of any con- tinent in the world. The AAPowerLink will harness Australia’s abundant solar re- sources to meet growing electricity demand. It will do that by generating, storing and transmitting renewable electricity to Darwin and Singapore, via the world’s largest renewable electricity transmission network. AAPowerLink integrates solar, battery, and HVDC technologies to establish a transformational renewable energy transmis- sion grid that will provide Darwin and Singapore with competitively priced, dis- patchable, high volume renewable electricity. This is possible because of Sun Cable’s innovative integration of three major technology groups, all of which have benefited from an ongoing transformation in solar PV, batteries, and HVDC transmission. AutoCAD ® World-Leading CAD Software WaterMate Water Reticulation Design SurfMate Survey & Digital Terrain Modelling AeroTURN Aircraft Movement & Space Analysis RebarMate Reinforced Concrete Detailing & Scheduling Autodesk Civil 3D ® Site Development & Transportation AutoTURN Vehicle Manoeuvre Simulation & Analysis DatumMate Datum Conversion of Drawings RoadMate Urban & Rural Road Design ParkCAD Automated Parking Area Layouts Architecture Engineering & Construction Collection PipeMate Sewer & Stormwater Design and Analysis