Xlinks Morocco-UK Renewable Power Project
Just Have a Think · Explainer · 15 min · 2021 · YouTube title: Grid: Renewable Baseload Power from a single desert location. Enough for 7 million homes!
Why it's here
Cited as a concrete example of a big renewable-plus-interconnector project in threads about nuclear costs, grid interconnects and submarine cables.
What it covers
A Just Have a Think video on the proposed 16 billion pound Xlinks project to build solar, wind and battery capacity in southern Morocco. It would send around 3.6GW to the UK by subsea HVDC cable as near-baseload power.