'Bitterly disappointed': Government refuses support for Xlinks Morocco-UK solar project

James Murray
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The Xlinks interconnector route would skirt Portugal, Spain and France before linking to the UK / Credit: Xlinks
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The Xlinks interconnector route would skirt Portugal, Spain and France before linking to the UK / Credit: Xlinks

Government says that after 'careful consideration' it will not offer a clean power contract to the ambitious project to import solar power from North Africa

Ambitious plans to import clean power to the UK from giant solar farms in Morocco have been dealt a major blow, after the government announced yesterday it would not provide the project with a clean power...

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