According to concordant sources, the British company Xlinks is in negotiations with Great Britain to import green electricity produced in Morocco.
According to the British newspaper Express, Britain “could soon pull a lifeline out of the energy crisis with a major deal to build the world’s longest submarine cable between the UK and Morocco”. Express, which reports the information in a recent publication via its site www.express.co.ukexplains that the government is currently in talks with the company XLinks to build and transport energy through the Morocco – UK Power project, which is an undersea cable, the first of its kind, which will give Great Britain access to large amounts of renewable energy.
The same source specifies that Xlinks seeks to build a 3,800 km long pipeline, exploiting massive amounts of solar energy from Morocco. According to Sir Dave Lewis, chairman of Xlinks, the cable will provide power at half the price of what the UK will pay for its upcoming Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. Xlinks will be £48 (US$60) per Megawatt/H compared to the £92.50/MWH the government will pay for Hinkley Point C. There are currently long distance high voltage cables above ground and below ground. ‘water. This new one will cover 3,800 km and as part of the project, we will build three new factories in the United Kingdom to produce it,” explained the manager.
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It should be noted that the production of the project is expected to take four years and cost around 16 billion pounds sterling, half of which for the construction of the cable. “It will be linked to the national grid in North Devon and if commissioned before this year, electricity will start flowing in 2027. To put that into context, it will supply 8% of the UK’s needs” , concluded Sir Dave Lewis.