'Renewable energy that acts like baseload power': Plans unveiled for major Morocco-UK clean power link

Cecilia Keating
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The interconnector route skirts Portugal, Spain and France before linking to UK | Credit: Xlinks
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The interconnector route skirts Portugal, Spain and France before linking to UK | Credit: Xlinks

Start-up Xlinks claims plans to lay 3,800km interconnector route between Morocco and Devon could cover eight per cent of Britain’s power needs by 2030

A significant proportion of UK homes could soon be powered by energy captured by solar panels and wind turbines installed in the Moroccan desert, under plans unveiled yesterday by UK clean energy infrastructure...

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