Exclusive: Dave Lewis, chair of the startup hoping to provide 8% of Britain’s energy, talks about net zero frustrations
An £18bn project to connect Britain with a huge wind and solar farm in the Sahara through an undersea cable has been delayed by at least a year because of political ructions in Westminster.
The energy startup Xlinks hopes to provide 8% of Britain’s energy supplies through a 3,800km (2,360-mile) cable linking Morocco with the UK, powering 7m homes by 2030.
(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/04/government-chaos-delays-uk-sahara-energy-link