Ex-Tesco CEO Wants $22 Billion Power Link From Morocco to U.K.
- The 3,800-kilometer link would transport renewable energy
- Xlinks plans to start laying the project’s cables in 2025
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A former head of Tesco Plc is part of a business planning to build what would be the world’s longest power link bringing extra supplies to Britain from renewable sources in Morocco.
Xlinks on Sunday laid out plans to build the 16 billion-pound ($21.9 billion) sub-sea project that will cover a distance of 3,800 kilometers (2,360 miles). It will take power from 10.5 gigawatts of large-scale solar and wind farms in Morocco, and unlike the U.K.’s other interconnectors, would only supply Britain.