The UK Government has decided to reject the huge £25 billion (around €29.5 billion) project that would import 11.5 GW of solar and wind power from Morocco to the British grid via 4,000-kilometer HVDC subsea cables.
The Xlinks Morocco-UK power project envisions the development of a commercial-scale renewable energy project in Morocco, harnessing solar PV and wind power resources to supply green electricity to the UK through HDVC subsea cables between the two countries. The project would also consist of industrial-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).