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   Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 04:14:25 JST Glyn Moody

   Former Tesco boss wants to send power from #Morocco to Great Britain using subsea cable - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/01/morocco-to-great-britain-subsea-power-cable-former-tesco-boss-dave-lewis "a 4,000km cable buried in trenches along the seabed would carry up to 8% of Great Britain’s electricity from renewable energy and battery projects"

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     Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 06:04:18 JST Glyn Moody

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     • Khurram Wadee ✅

     @mkwadee sure, they must be fairly paid. not sure if the infrastructure could handle this much extra - it is already struggling in places

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     Khurram Wadee ✅ (mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 06:04:19 JST Khurram Wadee ✅

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     @glynmoody This has been talked about before but Morocco must not be exploited. They need to be paid equitably. Also, I think it would be better to send it to mainland Europe via Spain or Italy and then over to the UK as much of the infrastructure is in place.

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     Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 06:04:28 JST Glyn Moody

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     • Steve

     @steevc why not both?

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     Steve (steevc@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 06:04:29 JST Steve

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     @glynmoody Africa could make good use of that power. We could max out our solar and wind first.

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     DJM (freelance for hire) (cybeardjm@masto.ai)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 06:04:42 JST DJM (freelance for hire)

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     @glynmoody That's... I have no words...

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     Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 06:04:42 JST Glyn Moody

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     • DJM (freelance for hire)

     @cybeardjm why?

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     Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 17:32:03 JST Glyn Moody

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     • Stefan Ihringer

     @compfu it should definitely do that, and does get a fair amount from france

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     Stefan Ihringer (compfu@mograph.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 17:32:05 JST Stefan Ihringer

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     @glynmoody Or the UK could get their energy from the EU‘s grid (while Morocco feeds it into the EU on the southern end)? Brexit can’t be the obstacle, can it?

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     Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 17:32:56 JST Glyn Moody

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     • Also known as Not NotBob

     @NotBob that would be easier, but not sure the current distribution networks could handle it - they are already creaking

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     Also known as Not NotBob (notbob@mastodon.pascalworks.com)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 17:32:58 JST Also known as Not NotBob

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     @glynmoody

     Not sure I get that one.

     Checks Nautical Miles to Kilometers. 1.85km. OK Morocco to England is...

     http://ports.com/sea-route/port-of-tanger,morocco/port-of-london,united-kingdom/

     1536km so with a bit of a bend that might hit 4000km.

     But...

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco#/media/File:Morocco_(orthographic_projection,_WS_claimed).svg

     Given the Isthmus would it not be easier to route things over the Spanish and French Grid into the UK and share the electricity/costs of the project or is that another Brexit benefit?

     "They include the French energy giant TotalEnergies..." etc

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     Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 18:05:05 JST Glyn Moody

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     • DJM (freelance for hire)

     @cybeardjm in what sense? it uses resources, yes, but it replaces gas-generation with solar: that's better, no? meanwhile, morocco earns money from its sunshine...

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     DJM (freelance for hire) (cybeardjm@masto.ai)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 18:05:06 JST DJM (freelance for hire)

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     @glynmoody Do you consider that idea "sustainable"?