> For the same reason, the enthusiasm for the idea of installing solar plants in north africa and exporting power over interconnectors to Europe is gone.
Are you quite sure, when you factor in the cost and availability of land?
Yes - all the serious proposals are dead (the xlinks guy is a grifter) because underwater HDVC costs have risen while panel prices are a tenth of what they were.
Not only the finances, but (as I described in another comment), the security aspects of depending on fixed infrastructure in unaligned and relatively politically unstable countries are very unpalatable. Such infrastructure is incredibly vulnerable and difficult to protect.
Are you quite sure, when you factor in the cost and availability of land?