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by kwhitefoot 879 days ago
Spain and Morocco are already in the process of building a big solar array in Morocco and a third link across the Strait of Gibraltar (400 kV AC, 700 MW).

https://www.ree.es/en/press-office/news/press-releases/2019/...

It's not especially difficult either from a permit point of view or technically, this is well proven in Europe. See for instance:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/national-grid-ventures/intercon...

"Europe’s electricity system currently has more than 400 interconnectors and is the world’s largest interconnected grid. Currently Europe has around 93 GW of cross-border transmission capacity with a further 23 GW in construction/advanced permitting by 2025"

https://www.schroders.com/en-us/us/institutional/insights/wh...