Doha – “Morocco can play a key role in the mission for clean energy in Great Britain,” said former British Defense Minister Nick Harvey when he was thinking about the decisive position of the North African country in the future.
In an article published On Thursday in politicshome, the former Liberal Democratic Member of North Devon (1992-2015) outlined as the procurement of energy from a country guaranteed Sunshine and wind would support the efforts of the British government to reduce energy costs, especially if British families are exposed to increasing energy costs.
Harvey pointed out that the double fuel calculation of the average British family will reach 1,849 GBP per year from April, after the recent announcement of the price limit, the British energy regulatory authority, the maximum rate that the suppliers can invoice consumers.
“Without government measures, many frightened families would simply not have been able to afford their monthly bills,” he said, referring to the effects of Russia invasion of Ukraine in 2022 on the gas costs of wholesale.
The former minister has presented the importance of the Morocco-Uk-power project, which is currently be examined from the department for energy security and NET zero.
He noticed that the project under the direction of Xlinks and the chair of Sir Dave Lewis, the chairmanship of Sir Dave Lewis, sufficient wind and solar energy, which corresponds to seven million British houses to ensure eight percent of the British electricity requirement.
“The Morocco-U-UK power project could deliver an average of 3.6 GW for more than 19 hours a day and support them by storing the battery,” said Harvey.
He gave out landing On Devon’s north coast.
“The program uses technology that the world has been using for 214 years when the first U -boat cable for electricity was laid over the Isar River in Bavaria,” he emphasized.
The former minister added that these cables would travel Due to the territorial waters and exclusive economic zones of NATO allies, which offer an additional safety layer.
According to his experience as a former defense minister in the coalition government in 2010-2015, Harvey emphasized the importance of increasing British ability to withstand geopolitical turbulence.
“The increase in the amount of electricity generated by renewable energies will make us less dependent on making foreign dictators dependent,” he argued.
The former minister of the armed forces found that the renewable resources of Morocco could contribute to tackling the challenge of “dark down” – a German concept that still describes dark, neither the sun shines nor winds.
“Great Britain’s existing renewable power supply systems are naturally susceptible to the moods of the British weather, which has been demonstrated by the recent winter. In contrast, the green desert power in Morocco can interrupt the weather-dependent turbines and solar collectors of the UK,” he said.
Harvey noticed that the project would generate more than £ 20 billion in socio -economic advantages for the United Kingdom.
He mentioned that XLCC, the strategic partner of the project, is building the world’s largest HVDC facility in Scotland to support xlinks and similar initiatives, hundreds of jobs and improvement of workplace work.
In view of the growing energy requirements, in particular from the powerful intensive AI technology, Harvey came to the conclusion that “we need all tools and innovations to meet this demand.”
