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Unanswered Questions About Aquind’s Fibre-optic Communications Network

By looking at sources in the public domain, we have pieced together the story of the high capacity fibre-optic communications network that Aquind, despite its recent denials, is still planning to install alongside the HVDC interconnector cables from France. While Aquind has removed the wording relating to the commercial use of the surplus capacity of these fibre-optic …

MoD Intervention Delays Aquind Interconnector Decision

This week’s big news is that the Ministry of Defence has intervened in the Government’s long awaited Aquind Interconnector decision. The BBC news website had the story but it doesn’t say exactly what the MoD’s concerns were in regards to the project. There is naturally speculation regarding the reasons behind this move, it could be …

Setting The Record Straight - Let’s Stop Aquind Corrects Claims Made By Aquind Limited’s Pr Representative On Gb News Tv This Morning

Setting The Record Straight – Let’s Stop Aquind Corrects Claims Made By Aquind Limited’s PR Representative On GB News TV

Further to Aquind Limited’s PR representative Johnny Stonborough appearing on GB News last week, Let’s Stop Aquind (LSA) feels that it is necessary to rectify the statements he made. Firstly, he referred (at 8 seconds in the clip on X, formerly Twitter) to the “unbelievable” amount of electricity that the Aquind interconnector would apparently bring to …

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Response to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Request

On the 27th July Let’s Stop Aquind responded in detail to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero’s request for comments on the matters contained in the Portsmouth City Council and national grid documents dated 28/4/23, from Viola Langley (interested party in the matter of the Aquind Interconnector DCO proposal), submitted on …

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Let’s Stop Aquind Objections to the Secretary of State (Part 1)

Back in March 2023 the Secretary of State extended the deadline that people can send in objections from the end of March to the 28th of April. Let’s Stop Aquind spent weeks researching and compiling a mountain of information to build a significant and compelling argument against the viability of the Aquind Interconnector project. This …

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New Video: ‘Pandora’s Box – The Aquind Interconnector and Contaminated Land’

This new video is a deep dive in to the issues surrounding the proposed Aquind Interconnector project and the legacy of contaminated land in Portsmouth. The proposed route for deep trench digging will be past or through some locations that are well documented to contain heavy metals, asbestos and more contaminants. A full list of sources …

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Deadline for Objections Extended to 28th of April by Secretary of State

You would be fair minded to think that the original deadline of just 28 days (the month of March 2023) for allowing for responses to the Aquind Interconnector was not long enough. More so considering the short notice given too as it was announced on the 3rd of March. News today is that due to …