The Rest is Politics | Xlinks project is ‘really interesting’ and ‘very innovative’, says Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell has spoken on the Xlinks Morocco – UK Power Project to two huge audiences this week.

The first mention was on his podcast, The Rest is Politics.

Alastair was talking about how the government must embrace big projects in 2025 to kickstart a ‘much bigger plan for growth’.

He then went on to mention the Project: “I had a very interesting meeting last week with a business guy who is involved in a project to feed big parts of our energy grid with power generated in different parts of Africa.

“It’s really, really interesting. Very innovative. British people doing some pretty big, dramatic things.

“And it’s not necessarily, by the way, going to cost government loads and loads of money, but government obviously would need to get engaged in it.  I think we just need a bit more of that sense of: big project, big purpose, big idea.”

Then, later in the week, Alastair appeared on BBC’s Question Time.

Speaking on the affordability of the Net Zero transition, he said: “There is some amazing stuff going on…I was talking to a business guy – British, British company – they are putting together this huge project, massive solar farm in Morocco, but it is energy that’s going to come into our grid,” said Alastair.
“I think those sorts of projects, where government is giving support – it doesn’t necessarily involve government money, but where government is setting a strategic course.”

The Xlinks team were very grateful to Alastair for this and share synergy with his words. Big ideas are exactly what is needed in the global transition to Net Zero.

The Morocco – UK Power Project deeply compliments the government’s ambition to make Britain a green energy superpower.

It will bring 3.6GW of firm, flexible, clean power for more than 19 hours per day; help to meet the 19% increase in demand from 2030 to 2035, as forecasted by NESO; and the Project will also reduce Britain’s power sector CO2 emissions by around 10% in its first year of operation, supporting the UK’s 2035 emissions reduction target of 81% by 2035.

Perhaps most importantly in the context of the podcast, it does not require any government investment.

The Rest is Politics Episode 346 can be found by clicking here.

The Question Time episode can be accessed via this link.