Ep154: Powering the UK with the Moroccan Sun
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English - April 12, 2021 05:00 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 113 ratingsBusiness News Business News currents project finance renewable energy todd alexander Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Simon Morrish, entrepreneur and CEO of Xlinks, joins us to discuss the ambitious Xlinks solar project, which transfers solar energy from Morocco via a 6.3 GW subsea cable to the UK. We get into the scope of the project, where the idea came from, the current project status and next steps, how projects like this are financed, if the model can be replicated internationally, how he is able to convince skeptics and more.