Mike Cannon-Brookes wins control of Sun Cable solar project from Andrew Forrest
by Adam Morton Climate and environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6BXJQ)
Entrepreneur says plan to send renewable energy to Singapore from Northern Territory a nation-building project for Australia'
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Mike Cannon-Brookes has prevailed over Andrew Forrest in a billionaires' battle for control of Sun Cable, an ambitious development promising to transmit solar-generated electricity from the Northern Territory outback to Singapore.
Cannon-Brookes and Forrest had been involved in a bidding process for the $30bn-plus project after they fell out over its future direction and the company, also called Sun Cable, went into voluntary administration.
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