Value proposition

Building towards a global grid.

As the demand for electricity continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, Xlinks is quite literally building towards the concept of 'one world, one grid’.

The sun is always shining and wind is always blowing somewhere, and that's why connecting centres of abundant supply to places of demand will prove crucial in the global Net Zero transition.

Xlinks’ Morocco-UK Power Project is ready to contribute to Great Britain’s ambitious clean power mission, providing 3.6GW of reliable, affordable energy to meet 8% of Great Britain’s current electricity needs - enough for 7 million homes - by the early 2030s. It will also reduce Britain’s power sector emissions by 9.9% in its first year of operation.

This supply, dedicated to the UK, will come from a renewable power facility (the size of Greater London) in Morocco to designated National Grid connections in Devon.

It will help stabilise prices by displacing imported gas; diversify our energy supply; reduce wholesale prices; and generate £17.3bn of benefit to the UK in its first 25 years of operation.

Importantly, its energy profile helps solve for Dunkelflaute – periods of low wind or little sunshine, making it difficult to generate energy – with solar intensity twice that of the UK, and strong, consistent trade winds that pick up each day at the same time as UK demand.

Xlinks was formed in 2019 by Simon Morrish.