France – 24 July 2025 We’ve received an update from our friends in France NON A AQUIND: A meeting with the Minister for energy took place on the 24th July. Aquind still has to go through many hurdles to get their project accepted by France. These steps will be lengthy and will not oblige the …
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Portsmouth, Hampshire – 12th March 2024 Let’s Stop Aquind was pleased that both Portsmouth’s MPs discussed the case against the Aquind Interconnector at their recent meeting with Defence Minister Luke Pollard. We embrace the views expressed by both our MPs, as they highlighted the national security risks posed by the project, alongside longstanding questions over …
Portsmouth, Hampshire – 18th February 2025 Let’s Stop Aquind’s response to the Ministry of Defence’s objections to theAquind Interconnector and associated issues You can read the full submission PDF that was sent HERE. The same applies to the letter from Capt Lee McLocklan, Captain of the Base (Portsmouth) and Deputy Naval Base Commander of HMNB …
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Portsmouth, Hampshire – 10th July 2024 With regulators on both sides of the English Channel(1) minded to reject the Aquind Interconnector(2) and the Ministry of Defence preparing to submit evidence of its “significant national security concerns” around the project(3), Aquind Limited yesterday made grossly misleading claims about the level of public support for the Aquind Interconnector in …
Portsmouth, Hampshire – 19th April 2024 Let’s Stop Aquind (LSA), the Portsmouth based local grassroots movement, considers in this document Ofgem’s Initial Project Assessment of the third cap and floor window for electricity interconnectors1 and CRE ‘s public consultation document on the opportunity for new electricity interconnection capacity between France and the United Kingdom, no …
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 …
Despite unanimous local opposition, Aquind Limited has revealed that it has launched a legal challenge to the decision to deny it permission to land a cross channel electrical Interconnector cable and fibre optic communications network in Portsmouth. This controversial move puts the environment of Portsmouth at risk from a 5-7 year long building project that …
I note you have multiple concerns about the application for DCO by Aquind. I have countless much more important concerns than you mentioned in your request to the applicant for additional information. I am bewildered that you should ask such trivial questions when there are huge nationally significant matters put at risk by this project. …
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