Xlinks: UK-Morocco clean power link project scoops over $24m in backing

Stuart Stone
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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

Interconnector project that plans to link two countries' power systems secures $10.2m investment from GE Vernova and $14.1m from Africa Finance Corporation

The company leading pioneering plans to develop a major power cable linking the UK grid with solar farms in Morocco has raked in more than $24m in funding from several investors over the past week...

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