RE: Power from Morroco to Devon11 Sep 2024 21:24
Good evening Bens, sorry but this very sloppy BBC article drives me nuts, from the 2 opposing perspectives.
First, these decent old folk, who do not own the seaward land, but have a nice view over it, are complaining about the "chaos" of a project that is unlikely to be built within their lifetimes. No one mentions any future effects of climate change or any possible Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) reversal that may completely change the climate, the flora & fauna & livability of Britain's coastline for millennia. Nor mention the advantages of importing 3.6 GW of electricity, the equivalent of 3-4 nuclear power plants & not having to have multiple Sellafields built on their own doorsteps. Nor the advantages of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cables, which is one of the most efficient transfer medium over long distances.
On the other hand, Morocco which is very, very far from being energy independent (until Predator blows the doors off), is currently importing huge amounts of coal, oil & gas to power its own electric network. Morocco has a super solar & wind profile, but greatly lacks the investments necessary to reach even a 10th of its potential.
It seems that the overall plan is to simply sell very low CO2 electricity from a second world economy, at a high premium, to a virtue signalling UK power market first world economy.
Might not that the 20-30 billion $ submarine cable cost, be much better spent in more rapidly developing Moroccan solar & wind power, primarily for use in their own country & the UK simply buys the carbon credits from them.
If the UK goal is to slow global climate change, it does not matter where the CO2 improvement are made.
Note, its very hard for the Russians/Ukrainians/others to bomb a carbon credit cable :-)
GLA, DB
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