Having realised how “quickly dependence on foreign energy can hurt British families and businesses”, the government declared its intention to accelerate the transition away from oil and gas.
It is also in line with the British Energy Strategy announced by former prime minister Boris Johnson in April to push forward the government’s plans to decarbonise the electricity system by 2035 and become a net-zero consumer by 2050. XLCC will produce the world's longest subsea cables to lay from Morocco to England Xlinks says the £16 billion project is expected to generate 10,000 jobs in Morocco and 1,350 in the UK. The combined facility will generate 10.5 gigawatts of energy, of which 3.6 gigawatts is planned to be transmitted to the UK to meet up to 8 per cent of its electricity demand by 2030. The Xlinks project will lead to even more mirrors staring up at the sky above the Sahara, with a new power generation facility that comprises both a solar and wind farm on an area of 1,500 square kilometres in the Guelmim Oued Noun region. Getty ImagesĪlthough Morocco its 2020 target by 5 per cent, it has since pledged to increase the renewables in its electricity mix to 52 per cent by 2030, made up of solar, wind and hydro. In 2009, the North African nation set out an ambitious energy plan which aimed for 42 per cent of total installed power capacity to be renewable energy by 2020.Ī number of large renewables projects were launched, including the Noor-Ouarzazate complex, the world's largest concentrated solar power plant.Ī field of parabolic dishes in Quarzazate, Morocco, over 3,000 hectares in the desert makes it the largest solar thermal energy power plant in the world. Morocco's national action on climate change dates back to the mid-2000s, when the country made the decision to become a regional leader in clean energy and to push forward massive renewables projects. Leading the drive for clean energy from the desert Now the firm Xlinks says its solar and wind farm as well as 15,000 kilometres of underwater cables will allow it to deliver enough electricity to power more than seven million British homes. That the concept is the brainchild of one of the country's top business figures gave it heft before household energy prices shot up three-fold.įormer Tesco chief executive Sir Dave Lewis announced grand plans to build the world’s longest undersea electric cable to transfer renewable power from Morocco directly to the UK national grid in 2018. Long before the UK and its European neighbours were plunged into crisis by the shutdown of Russian gas pipelines, the idea was in gestation, as entrepreneurs sought to harness the power of the sun, catching it on Moroccan solar farms and moving the energy to the cooler climes of the British Isles. For instance, under any image you select they provide related images for you to browse.On the face of it, a project to lay a cable to bring electricity from the sandy fringes of the Maghreb across the Atlantic to the south coast of the UK sounds like desperation in the teeth of an unprecedented energy crunch. For instance, I found more images of fishermen searching “fish” and “fishing” as opposed to the obvious “fisherman.” But, the Noun Project provides ways for you to find the right icon to express your nuanced point. Sometimes the image you are looking for will not be labeled in a way you expect. Lengthy or specific requests will often leave you empty handed. To get the most results it is best to stick with simple searches. However, there are some tricks to finding the perfect image.
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