Morocco to supply wind and solar power to the UK

Horrifies me if it's true but, happily, the current government isn't famous for advance planning. The situation may well change.

Already Northumberland being supplied by Norway, from underground, Reasonable from a reasonable country. Would be more worried if from Gazprom. The Morocco-UK project will generate electricity in Morocco and provide Jobs.
More details
www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/09/344612/ex-tesco-ceo-wants-22-billion-for-morocco-uk-power-pipeline?back=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fclient%3Dsafari%26as_qdr%3Dall%26as_occt%3Dany%26safe%3Dactive%26as_q%3DMorocco+UK+power+pipeline%26channel%3Daplab%26source%3Da-app1%26hl%3Den

Kim19

Horrifies me if it's true but, happily, the current government isn't famous for advance planning. The situation may well change.

What is it you dont like about it Kim19?

Horrifies me if it's true but, happily, the current government isn't famous for advance planning. The situation may well change
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Why??

Thanks for the link lincslass

Not sure the government has much influence in this case. The project has all the funding needed in place.

Clean energy, uninterrupted supply, jobs here and Morocco, cheaper electricity.
The cables are being made here as well.

All seems pretty positive.

The only thing I can think to go wrong is the supply chain is broken for some reason. But I'm no expert so maybe I've missed something!

I thought we had energy from Norway for years?
I know some goes into Europe.

Any energy that comes from sun and wind is brilliant I. My book.
I lived for 20 years off grid with all our power coming from these 2 sources.

1. Underwater cables are vulnerable and open to being tampered with. 2. Being dependent on any other nation for a basic need also makes us vulnerable. Both only my opinion and source of disquiet. Apologies for tardiness of response. I was called away.

Kim19
Do the French electricity cables under the Chanel worry you?
But totally agree with you that we shouldn’t be dependant on other nations to supply our power.
But you only have to look at they way the general public view power supplies and you know that we can never produce enough.

Yes to the French ones too.

I don’t understand why more countries with so much guaranteed sun and many so poor don’t do this more often. In a taxi in India I suggested it and the taxi driver had clearly never thought of it. All that sun could give them electricity too.

I remember when solar panels first came out and there were really good incentives. You got the benefit of the electricity coming into your home plus a nice payback for the excess electricity that went back on the grid. New installations don't get the payback any more.

It baffles me honestly that such a productive, space saving scheme has lost so much incentive.

Profit over common sense and saving the planet

VioletSky
That was the problem. The powers that be realised the plebs were getting something out of it. Can’t have that ?

Silverlining
Things are changing.

www.carbonbrief.org/iea-india-is-on-cusp-of-a-solar-powered-revolution

That’s interesting Meryl ? have never understood why poor but sunny countries do not stick panels on every roof.

It's just shameful, really, that we can't supply our own power. We have plenty of weather here - wind, wave and solar etc. but, it seems, not enough forward planning and long term investment to make good use of our resources.

Hetty58

It's just shameful, really, that we can't supply our own power. We have plenty of weather here - wind, wave and solar etc. but, it seems, not enough forward planning and long term investment to make good use of our resources.

www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/articles/windenergyintheuk/june2021
Why don’t people read and research instead of just saying we don’t do this or we don’t do that.

MerylStreep

VioletSky
That was the problem. The powers that be realised the plebs were getting something out of it. Can’t have that ?

Mind you, weren’t some well off folk (or companies) renting roof space from less affluent home owners, letting them have some of the energy generated & making fat profits for themselves? I remember reading about it a few years back and the law got tightened up.

I see Rolls Royce are working with the Gov. to install mini-nuclear reactors around the British Isles. This is a futuristic project to supply all energy needs. I don't know whether to approve of this, or not.

Boz

I see Rolls Royce are working with the Gov. to install mini-nuclear reactors around the British Isles. This is a futuristic project to supply all energy needs. I don't know whether to approve of this, or not.

IMO, not.

Although I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell you that its all fine, they're much safer than they used to be and the fact that the waste is radioactive for 40,000 years just isn't any problem at all.

With a world full of amazing scientists there will come a time when we will be capable of harnessing nuclear waste and using it to our advantage.
Clean and cheap we shouldn’t give up on it yet.

Boz

I see Rolls Royce are working with the Gov. to install mini-nuclear reactors around the British Isles. This is a futuristic project to supply all energy needs. I don't know whether to approve of this, or not.

Yes your right Boz.
They are developing the same tech to go to the moon and Mars.

Oh aye? Your faith is touching. Don't hold your breath.

As Scotty would have said, ye canna change the laws of physics.