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The world’s longest subsea cable will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK

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gigawatt (GW) solar and wind farm will be built in Morocco’s Guelmim-Oued Noun region, and it will supply the UK with clean energy via subsea cables. more… The post The world’s longest subsea cable will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK appeared first on Electrek. The twin 1.8

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The world’s longest subsea cable will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK [update]

Electrek

gigawatt (GW) solar and wind farm will be built in Morocco’s Guelmim-Oued Noun region, and it will supply the UK with clean energy via subsea cables. The post The world’s longest subsea cable will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK [update] appeared first on Electrek. The twin 1.8

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Morocco Is A Green Leader & Might Get EU Hydrogen Balance Right

CleanTechnica EVs

Why exactly would it be beneficial to the climate for Morocco to take renewable electricity, make hydrogen and products from hydrogen, and ship them to Europe at significant loss of energy so that the EU can achieve climate emissions reductions?

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. This is due to wind and solar projects generating only when natural resources are available while oil, coal, and gas plants can potentially produce around the clock. billion and $2.7

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The world’s longest land and subsea interconnector just came online

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High wind generation outputs in the UK and Denmark are unlikely to happen simultaneously, so surplus energy will be transmitted through the interconnector to where the level of demand is higher. The new Viking Link electricity interconnector has a capacity of 1.4 gigawatts (GW) and stretches for 475 miles under land and sea.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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Enefit Technology comprises a novel combination of processing units, each of them serving special purposes such as drying and pyrolysis of oil shale, combustion of semi-coke, as well as the dedusting and cleaning of vapors and gases. There are also significant reserves in Jordan, Morocco, Sweden, Syria and Turkey.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The Africa Continental Free Trade Area, the largest trading bloc globally, provides a compelling case for the Democratic Republic of Congo to leverage its and Africa’s abundant mineral and clean energy resources to become a growth pole of the global clean energy transition and inclusive resilient development that leaves no one behind.

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