The approval comes as the centre-left government ramps up renewable energy projects even as the opposition coalition proposes building nuclear plants to replace coal-fired power by 2050, in a country where nuclear power is currently banned.
SunCable, owned by billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, said the approval was "a vote of confidence" in the project.
Cannon-Brookes, the co-founder of tech firm Atlassian turned environmental activist, last year said the project was viable and that outside investors would be drawn to the project.
"SunCable will now focus its efforts on the next stage of planning to advance the project towards a final investment decision targeted by 2027," SunCable Australia Managing Director Cameron Garnsworthy said in a statement, which did not provide details of its financing plans.
SunCable said it was in talks with Singapore's energy regulator on the conditional approval for the project's cable inter-connector component and with the Indonesian government on building the cable in its waters.
The project received clearance from the Northern Territory government and the territory's environment watchdog last month.
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SunCable, owned by billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, said the approval was "a vote of confidence" in the project.
Cannon-Brookes, the co-founder of tech firm Atlassian turned environmental activist, last year said the project was viable and that outside investors would be drawn to the project.
"SunCable will now focus its efforts on the next stage of planning to advance the project towards a final investment decision targeted by 2027," SunCable Australia Managing Director Cameron Garnsworthy said in a statement, which did not provide details of its financing plans.
SunCable said it was in talks with Singapore's energy regulator on the conditional approval for the project's cable inter-connector component and with the Indonesian government on building the cable in its waters.
The project received clearance from the Northern Territory government and the territory's environment watchdog last month.
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