Massive Solar/Battery Project to Export Power from Australia to Singapore Inches Closer to Reality

Australia/Singapore venture Sun Cable announces $2.5 bn investment in Indonesia to support project to transmit solar energy from Australia to Singapore; Ford and Redwood Materials hail partnership to boost recycling of EV batteries; Michigan to develop pilot wireless inductive charging project on a mile of road; NERC/FERC release preliminary report on winter storm, with a focus on Texas; London's largest taxi and car hire co will employ only pure EVs after 2023; Chinese president Xi Jinping says no more construction of new coal fire plants abroad.

1) Sun Cable announces $2.5 bn investment in Indonesia to support 3,100 mile project to move solar energy from Australia to Singapore, while increasing the project by from 14 GW to between 17 & 20 GW, while adding between 36 & 42 GWH of storage.

2) Ford & Redwood Materials announced partnership to increase U.S. recycling of EV batteries, focusing on collection and disassembling of spent batteries from Ford's EVs; Ford also invests $50 million in Redwood.

3) Michigan plans to build the first U.S. public road on which EVs can wirelessly charge as they drive, but Indiana may be ahead.

4) NERC and FERC publish preliminary report on the winter storm with a focus on Texas. Biggest cause identified as being freezing issues, with largest sub causes being frozen instrumentation, and wind blade icing.

5) London's largest taxi and car hire co, Addison Lee, will use only pure EVs after 2023. Boosting current fleet of 650 EVs, it will add 200 VW ID4s each month come November, w/total investment at about $220 million.

6) Chinese president Xi Jinping pledges China will no longer build coal generation plants abroad. No details on the commitment or timeline, nor any reference to domestic coal use.