UK-Morocco Power Cable Could Be Scrapped in Favor of Germany
- Xlinks project plans to send power from Morocco to Europe
- Developer adds option to send power to Germany, skip UK link
A solar farm in Morocco.
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The developer of a £16 billion ($20.6 billion) project to export renewable power from Morocco has added an option that could transmit the electricity to Germany instead of the UK.
Xlinks Ltd. plans to build a massive solar and wind farm in Morocco, equipped with batteries to provide Britain with enough electricity to power 7 million homes. Now it has a similar German option, according to planning documents published on the website of Europe’s transmission system operators.