Sun Cable, the company behind the project to transmit solar energy from northern Australia to Asia, has hired new managers.
Energy industry veterans Cameron Garnsworthy and Martin Hay have been appointed Managing Director and Development Director of Suncable Australia respectively.
Martin Hay (left) and Cameron Garnsworthy will lead the expansion of the Australia-Asia Power Link project. Photo: Solar cable
The two leaders will oversee the deployment of the onshore component of SunCable's flagship Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) project, which will run an undersea cable through Indonesian waters from the world's largest solar power plant to Singapore.
They represent the three original founders of Sun Cable: David Griffin, Mack Thompson and Fraser Thompson.
The appointments come five months after a change in the company's strategic direction was unveiled a year ago after billionaire investors Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes disagreed over the project's viability.
Now acquired by Grok Ventures and Queenbrook Infrastructure Partners, Sun Cable aims to deliver 6 gigawatts of renewable electricity to Darwin by 2030, then to Singapore and elsewhere in Southeast Asia. The project is being touted as a way to wean parts of Asia off their dependence on fossil fuels.
Garnsworthy and Hay will report to solar farm developer Queenbrook Infrastructure Partners, which is leading the strategic development of AAPowerLink.
In September, Sun Cable announced that it would build its own factory to produce the high-voltage cables needed to export solar energy from the North to Asia.
Garnsworth has spent most of his career in renewable energy, rising to CEO after running his own energy transition consulting firm. He has held senior management positions in Australian energy companies EnergyAustralia, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures and JUWI Group.
Hay brings to the position experience in remote project management, stakeholder relations and optimization of energy transitions. He has been involved in major energy projects in the Northern Territory since 2001 and most recently worked for KBR Consulting advising companies on energy transition projects.
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