Guardian:
Plans are in the works for a Europe-wide supergrid of
underwater high-voltage interconnector cables to be built over
the next decade. Two international interconnectors have already
been placed, between the UK and France and between the UK and
the Netherlands. Nine more—to include Iceland, Norway,
Ireland, Belgium, and possibly other countries—are under
construction, in planning, or undergoing feasibility studies.
The grid would distribute reliable, clean energy from such
sources as winds in Norway, strong tides around the Channel
Islands, the Sun in north Africa, and volcanoes in Iceland.
Because of the North Sea's dwindling oil and gas reserves and
the push for low-carbon sources, the cables are "absolutely
critical" for energy security and the transmission of
low-carbon energy, according to UK energy minister Charles
Hendry.
