The underwater electric cable project, which will be transmitting renewable energy from Morocco to Great Britain, continues its development, as the construction of the ship that will lay the 3800-kilometer long cable has already begun.
London and Rabat will be linked in the coming years through a submarine cable from the Xlinks company, which will send combined solar and wind energy from the Moroccan territory to the United Kingdom.
The project is expected to cost about $22 billion, according to the head of Xlinks, quoted by the American news agency, Bloomberg.
The British company is preparing the construction of a solar power plant of more than 10 GW in southern Morocco, precisely in the region of Guelmim-Oued Noun.
The project is expected to mobilize 150,000 hectares to house the solar photovoltaic park, the wind turbines as well as the 5 GW battery to store the energy produced on site.
And to connect Morocco to the UK, a 3800-kilometer HVDC cable will need to be laid by a special ship that has already begun construction. The HVDC cable will be manufactured by a British manufacturer XLCC, which is collaborating with another company to build the base of the ship.
The project will provide clean, low-cost green energy to more than 7 million homes in Britain, and 8% of the country’s electricity needs, by 2030. It will generate 10.5 GW of carbon-free electricity from solar and wind power to provide 3.6 GW of reliable electricity for more than 20 hours on average per day.
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