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Connecting continents

A raft of ambitious interconnection projects has been announced to bring African electrons to European shores. While there are financial and supply chain challenges to overcome, the renewables potential on offer across North Africa is exciting investors.

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pv magazine

05 Nov 2024

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Interconnectors will play a more prominent role in European electricity in the 2030s, writes Matthew Lynas. Plans are afoot to increase links between European nations and there are ambitious hopes for intercontinental connections.North Africa offers solar irradiance in abundance. Mediterranean African nations, in the “solar belt,” boast a generation profile less intermittent than Europe’s. Investors …

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