Morocco: United Kingdom withdraws from renewable energy project

The United Kingdom has withdrawn from a project to transmit power generated by North Africa’s winds and sun via undersea cables and is turning to other projects considered less risky, British energy officials said Thursday.

The country’s Department of Energy Security stated in a press release that it would no longer support the $33 billion project due to a “high level of inherent risk, related to both delivery and security .”

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