The electric cable that will connect Morocco to Great Britain will be manufactured in Scotland. The plant that will produce the largest and longest submarine cable in the world is located precisely in the Scottish town of Hunterston, brings the British company XLCC, responsible for carrying out this project.
In order to achieve the goals of the Paris climate agreement, many countries still need to make sustainable changes. An important sector that must already dare to switch is the energy sector, especially in the case of electricity, some coal-fired power plants must be closed and replaced by solar systems and wind turbines. This cable must connect solar power plants and wind turbines from Morocco at the town of Alverdiscott in North Devon, England. It will consist of four cables, the first of which will be active in early 2027. The other three should be launched in 2029.
In this regard, an agreement has been concluded with the British National Grid for two 1.8 GW connections at Alverdiscott in Devon. Thus, the first phase of this connection is planned for the period 2025-2027, announced As is.
This connection will nearly double current global HVDC cable manufacturing output, with XLCC promising to use British steel – 90,000 tonnes in total. The project will cost no less than $21.9 billion for an energy mix of 7 GW of solar power and 3,500 GW of wind power, as well as 20 GWh/5 GW of on-site battery storage, in Morocco. This project will be able to power 7 million British homes by 2030 and provide 8% of Britain’s electricity needs.
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A total of 10.5 gigawatts of capacity is to be built in the country to the south, with a solar and wind farm being built over an area of 1,500 square kilometers. Eventually, the solar panels should reach a yield of 7 gigawatts, with the wind turbines it is 3.5 gigawatts.
The energy generated is then stored in a battery (20 gigawatt hours) and the necessary capacities are transported to Great Britain via the 3,800 kilometer cable. The first cable can be used from 2027, three others will follow by 2029. Thus, 7 million homes can be supplied with green electricity.
The reason for this massive expansion is understandable, in Morocco the sun shines more often and for longer, so much more energy can be generated with the same amount of solar panels. On average, three times more electricity is accessible, and even five times more during the winter months. In the future, the energy will be produced in Morocco and taken from the socket in the United Kingdom.
