Wow, cool. Anybody know how much gets lost on the way over such long distances?
So… Morocco can energy blackmail UK now just like Russia with Europe? Not saying it will happen, but don’t know if it’s wise to be so reliant on foreign energy.
>Subsea cable manufacturer XLCC is going to build a factory in Hunterston, Scotland, and its first output will be for the Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project.
>It will supply four 2,361-mile-long (3,800 km) subsea cables, with the first phase between 2025-2027 connecting wind and solar power generated in Morocco to Alverdiscott, North Devon.
>This initiative is going to nearly double the world’s current production of HVDC cable manufacturing.
>The world’s longest undersea cables will need 90,000 metric tons of steel, and XLCC signed the UK Steel Charter at Parliament this week, in which it committed to using British steel.
Wow – 90,000 tons of steel cable. I wonder how much energy it will take to smelt the steel,
construct the factory in Scotland, make the cable, transport it to Devon and then lay it to Morocco.
I always wondered why European countries are so keen on North African solar energy. There are big areas in Spain that almost get the same [solar irradiation](https://solargis.com/maps-and-gis-data/download/europe). In my opinion reduced transport losses and the much more stable political situation are more than a good deal for the few percents in extra irradiance.
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Wow, cool. Anybody know how much gets lost on the way over such long distances?
So… Morocco can energy blackmail UK now just like Russia with Europe? Not saying it will happen, but don’t know if it’s wise to be so reliant on foreign energy.
>Subsea cable manufacturer XLCC is going to build a factory in Hunterston, Scotland, and its first output will be for the Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project.
>It will supply four 2,361-mile-long (3,800 km) subsea cables, with the first phase between 2025-2027 connecting wind and solar power generated in Morocco to Alverdiscott, North Devon.
>This initiative is going to nearly double the world’s current production of HVDC cable manufacturing.
>The world’s longest undersea cables will need 90,000 metric tons of steel, and XLCC signed the UK Steel Charter at Parliament this week, in which it committed to using British steel.
Wow – 90,000 tons of steel cable. I wonder how much energy it will take to smelt the steel,
construct the factory in Scotland, make the cable, transport it to Devon and then lay it to Morocco.
I always wondered why European countries are so keen on North African solar energy. There are big areas in Spain that almost get the same [solar irradiation](https://solargis.com/maps-and-gis-data/download/europe). In my opinion reduced transport losses and the much more stable political situation are more than a good deal for the few percents in extra irradiance.