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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose energy correspondent

Former Tesco boss wants to send power from Morocco to Great Britain using subsea cable

A line of wind turbines in the centre of desert-like terrain
Morocco’s perennial sunshine and healthy wind speeds could provide Britain with a reliable source of energy. Photograph: Imane Djamil/Reuters

In the south-west of Morocco, a sprawl of wind and solar farms stretching across an area the size of Greater London could soon generate the green electricity powering more than 9m British homes.

This is the unflinching vision of Sir Dave Lewis, the former Tesco boss who is hoping to build the world’s longest subsea power cable in order to harness north Africa’s renewable energy sources and power Britain’s clean energy agenda.

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