A joint project by Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Chinese state-owned Hangzhou Cable Co. has raised the prospect of significant reductions in power costs and greenhouse gas emissions through improved cables for electricity transmission, a statement from UNSW said.

The university and the Chinese cable manufacturer have set up an A$10 million ($7.6 million) laboratory on UNSW’s main campus at Kensington to develop a graphene-based transmission cable invented by UNSW materials science research Sean Li.

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