Malaysia Invites Sumitomo To Lay Bakun Submarine Cable

The government has invited Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to take up the project to lay a 700-kilometre long submarine cable to transmit electricity from the Bakun hydroelectric dam in Sarawak to Peninsular Malaysia.
The cable linking Bakun with Tanjung Lemang in Johor will cost about US$1.5 billion, Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng [...]