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Britain to import power from solar farms in Egypt (archive.ph)
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Sun beating down on the Egyptian desert could help to power British homes under plans being drawn up to help bolster energy security in a net zero world.

Plans to install subsea cables connecting Egypt and Europe across the Mediterranean will see power from solar farms and wind turbines in North Africa exported to the UK and Europe.

Exports will flow during times when low wind or poor sunshine reduce output from North Sea wind farms and onshore solar farms. Details of the project will be set out at an energy summit in London next week.

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The Egyptian project will run in parallel with another separate scheme to lay four cables directly between Morocco and the UK โ€“ a distance of about 2,400 miles.

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[โ€“] Emperor 1 points 1 year ago

They've been talking about running cables across the Med to use the North African sun to power Europe for years and it's sad that it has taken this long to reach this point.