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January 25, 2023
The government's rejection of the cross-Channel electricity link was overturned in High Court.
January 24, 2023
Kwasi Kwarteng's rejection of electricity link from Portsmouth to France is overturned in High Court.
January 24, 2023
Kwasi Kwarteng's rejection of electricity link from Portsmouth to France is overturned in High Court.
June 21, 2022
Portsmouth City Council says it is now backing the UK government against the Russian-backed plan.
June 21, 2022
Portsmouth City Council says it is now backing the UK government against the Russian-backed plan.
January 21, 2022
Aquind Ltd is denied permission for a ยฃ1.2bn electricity link between Portsmouth and Normandy.
January 20, 2022
Aquind Ltd is denied permission for a ยฃ1.2bn electricity link between Portsmouth and Normandy.
October 17, 2021
Energy firm and director Alexander Temerko have given £1.1m between them to Conservatives
May 23, 2021
Submitting... Aquind protester Steve Kingett It is a grievance in a long line of issues since the plans were first raised about four years ago. If approved the Aquind interconnector would bring power from the continent to Britain via undersea cables, coming ashore at Eastney, Portsmouth and running north to Lovedean. But protesters, who stood from the Thatched House to the People s Memorial on Milton Common, said the time has come to call time on the besieged project. Paula Savage, organiser of...
May 7, 2021
Jersey Electricity warned that 95 per cent of its power comes from undersea cables from France. Aquind said if built, its interconnector could transmit five per cent of Britainโs total annual electricity consumption - enough for five million homes. In her letter, Ms Mordaunt, who opposed Aquind in the public examination by the Planning Inspectorate, said: โIt will be argued that the EU could not stop a French energy company selling to the UK, but increasing our dependence on French nuclear ...