Billionaires invest in giant Australian solar farm to supply power to Singapore
by Adam Morton and Ben Doherty from on (#4VCWP)
Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest joins Mike Cannon-Brookes to raise tens of millions of dollars for Sun Cable
The mining magnate and philanthropist Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest has joined fellow billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes in raising tens of millions of dollars to build a giant solar farm in the Northern Territory to supply electricity to Singapore.
The company behind the project, Sun Cable, said Forrest's Squadron Energy and Grok Ventures, the investment firm of Cannon-Brookes and his wife, Annie, had become co-lead investors in the $20bn-plus development.
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