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Ohio solar supporters, farmers eager for proposed community power pilot • Ohio Capital Journal (ohiocapitaljournal.com)

Instead of power generation dedicated to a particular commercial enterprise, the program allows a group of residents to go in on a small power facility together. The energy would go to the grid, and participants would see a rebate on their monthly power bill.

I'm not sure how "a group of residents...go in on a small power facility together", but it seems like a good thing. Maybe a neighborhood solar installation? Sounds like this has bipartisan support, too, so hopefully it has a future. Ohio's thirst for electricity is only going to rise and more data centers come online.

tags: energy ohio

posted by matt in Monday, November 3, 2025

Singapore gives conditional nod to import solar power from Australia via 4,300km of subsea cables (straitstimes.com)

As part of the US$24 billion (S$31.6 billion) project, Australian solar project developer Sun Cable will build a massive solar farm in the southern region of Darwin, the state capital city of Australia’s Northern Territory. Electricity generated will be transmitted to Singapore via 4,300km of subsea cables.

This is an interesting project to watch — international, transoceanic delivery of renewable energy. Sounds like the project just passed a technical and commercial viability stage gate and off ramps are still on the horizon, but it seems to have some momentum.

Atlassian co-counder Mike Cannon-Brookes is behind the project, maybe trying to prove that not all billionaires are bad. This article gives some background on business of the project and Cannon-Brookes involvement.

tags: environment energy australia singapore

posted by matt in Sunday, October 27, 2024