The world’s largest solar farm set to come up in the Australian desert

8 Oct 2019

The world’s largest solar farm set to come up in the Australian desert

The world’s largest solar farm set to come up in the Australian desertIn a continued effort to move towards renewable energy, Singapore-based company, Sun Cable is all set to create the world's largest solar farm.

They will build it on 15000 hectares (7500 football fields) of land in Australia's Northern Territory (desert region). It is expected to cost around US$13 billion.
 	The solar farm is expected to generate 10 gigawatts of power. Out of this, they will transmit 3 gigawatts to Singapore. 1 gigawatt of electricity can power 700,000 houses.
 	A 3800-km-long overhead transmission cable will be used to transmit the power to Singapore from the Australian desert.
 	About 1/5th of Singapore's future electricity supply is expected to be sourced from this project.
 	They will start construction by 2023 and start commercial operations by 2027.
 	This project is expected to create about a thousand jobs in its construction phase, with a potential 300 jobs once the solar farm is operational.
 	Australian billionaire, Mike Cannon Brookes is expected to invest heavily in this project.

In the meantime, China has also created the biggest floating solar farm, on the surface of a lake. Thus saving land resources.

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