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Issue 33: So long, Sun Cable; Wilmar’s sustainability-linked loan

Kenneth Lim

Kenneth Lim

Published Wed, Sep 6, 2023 · 04:03 PM
    • Sun Cable's Australia-Asia PowerLink project would have been the longest undersea high voltage direct current transmission cable in the world if it was completed today.
    • Sun Cable's Australia-Asia PowerLink project would have been the longest undersea high voltage direct current transmission cable in the world if it was completed today. ILLUSTRATION: KENNETH LIM

    In this issue: Financial troubles at Australia-Singapore solar power cable, while agricultural group Wilmar obtains a US$200 million sustainability-linked trade facility.

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