Xlinks: 'Visionary' Morocco-UK clean power link plan secures further £30m boost

Michael Holder
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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

Octopus Energy Group and TAQA funnel further investment into ambitious plan to directly link UK grid with huge solar, wind, and battery facility in North Africa

Plans to lay a huge 3,800km subsea cable connecting the UK with clean power projects in Morocco have passed another crucial milestone, after developer Xlinks First Ltd secured £30m from a host of leading...

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