‘We’ve lost a year’: political turmoil delays #UK-Sahara #energy link

#Xlinks hopes to land a strike price of £48 per #megawatt hour, lower than the £92.50 agreed for the delayed #Hinkley #Point C #nuclear power plant in Somerset.

The company argues that despite the scale of the project, it can be more reliable for the security of UK energy supplies than domestic options because UK #wind #power can be hugely variable

#Sahara #solar

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/04/government-chaos-delays-uk-sahara-energy-link