Xlinks (Morocco UK) 📍❤️👤

Status

planning

Country / State / Closest City

🇲🇦 morocco / /

Dates

Capacity in MWh

20000

Maximum Power in MW

5000

Manufacturer

Type / Number of Packs / Cells

/ /

Customer / Owner / Developer

/ xlinks /

Use case

7000MW solar farm support ** 3500MW wind farm support ** remote generation for UK (3800km HVDC cable)

Link to google maps satellite view

http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:28.127867+-11.599926

Coordinates

28.127867, -11.599926
📍 Coords not known

Notes

2021: this is early stage and not guaranteed to happened, but putting it there as it is a very ambitious project and more of those are needed
construction to start in 2025, the first systems to go onine in 2027
PPA at 48 GBP / Mwh
the youtube video is a great overview

Project website

https://xlinks.co/morocco-uk-power-project/

Sources

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/xlinks-revives-desertecs-dream-with-a-few-twists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJunxkln578

Internal / External id

124 /