UK Scraps $34 Billion Morocco-Linked Subsea Power Cable Megaproject

Written By Greg Watson

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n a move with significant implications for transcontinental energy trade, the UK government has formally withdrawn support for the $34.4-billion Morocco-UK Power Project, a mega-renewables plan that would have delivered solar and wind electricity via a 3,800 km undersea cable from the Sahara Desert to Devon, Reuters reports.

The Morocco-UK project would have been one of the longest and most ambitious subsea transmission efforts globally.

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