Xlinks has appointed engineering professional services consultancy WSP to provide technical consultancy services in the tender process for four converter stations and ancillary works for the Morocco–Kingdom power project United, we learn from an announcement from the British group.
WSP’s mandate will therefore include the process of purchasing the converter stations in the United Kingdom and Morocco, the connection works to the British network, the connection to the production plants in Morocco, and an interface between the converter stations and the submarine cable systems in both countries.
“The HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) converter stations are an essential part of the delivery of the Morocco-UK power project. We are delighted to have WSP on board as technical advisors to support the tender process”said Martin Croucher, senior project manager at Xlinks, on the occasion of the signing of the contract.
The Xlinks Morocco–UK project is a multi-technology renewable energy project with a generation capacity of approximately 10.5 GW to be built in Morocco, with a combination of solar and wind power plants coupled with storage of energy, connected exclusively in the UK by submarine cables (HVDC type) 3800 km in length and with a combined capacity of 3.6 GW at the receiving end.
These Moroccan power stations will allow Xlinks to maximize the use of the subsea transmission system and provide a dedicated, near-constant source of clean, flexible and predictable power to Britain for an average of over 20 hours. per day. This megaproject will supply up to 8% of the electricity needs of the British Isles.
