The company implementing the largest marine electricity line project linking the Kingdom of Morocco with Britain denied the existence of any decision to cancel the project.

X-Links confirmed that its current priorities are to implement it in order to secure the United Kingdom's clean energy needs. The project has sparked great controversy during the last 48 hours against the backdrop of reports indicating the possibility of canceling the huge project in addition to changing its route to Germany.

The controversy revolved around Morocco’s project to export clean electricity to Britain, and this was mentioned in a report published by Bloomberg, which refers to the project, which is worth about 16 billion pounds sterling, to export renewable energy from Morocco, in addition to a new option to transfer electricity to Germany instead of Britain.

Bloomberg claimed that it had seen planning documents published on the official website of the European Transmission System Operators to indicate that the company was developing the project, which was planning to build a huge solar and wind farm in Morocco, which is considered equipped with batteries to supply 7 million homes with electricity. It now has the option to convert Project for Germany.

The X-Links company stated that there is no intention to divert the project or its route, and the companies are working on other electrical interconnection projects to reach new markets, including the German market. It was emphasized that any new project will not be at the expense of the electricity interconnection project between Morocco and Britain.

The company announced on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, that its work in

The company was established with the aim of promoting the development of long-range energy projects and remains fully committed to delivering energy projects between Morocco and Britain. The X-Links project, the first of its kind, aims to extend 3,000 and approximately 800 kilometers of marine lines. With the aim of delivering solar and wind energy from the Moroccan Sahara to the UK by 2030.

The project generates about 10.5 gigawatts of carbon-free electricity with the aim of providing 3.6 gigawatts of reliable power for more than 20 hours a day on average, which meets about 8% of Britain’s electricity needs.

Bloomberg Agency indicated that the potential transfer of the Moroccan electrical interconnection project may prompt the British authorities to provide support for the project, which is of national importance. It helps Britain achieve its goals of achieving carbon neutrality, and “X-Links” attracts mega projects by Octopus Energy in the British Kingdom, in addition to global energy giants such as Total Energy and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company.

The British company "X-Links" announced a tender to grant geophysical studies for the construction of the underwater electrical line, with a length of about 3,000 and about 800 kilometers between Morocco and Britain.