Awareness – Let's Stop Aquind

Unanswered Questions About Aquind’s Fibre-optic Communications Network

by Paul SIMGeneral News, Research February 26, 2024February 26, 20240 comments

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

by Paul SIMGeneral News, Newspapers, Reporting February 3, 2024February 3, 20240 comments

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 …

What Has Been Happening The Last Few Months?

by Paul SIMGeneral News, Reporting December 3, 2023December 3, 20230 comments

It has been a strange mix of quiet in regards to the decision but a flurry of activity from Let’s Stop Aquind, Portsmouth City Council and the local MPs in response to the issues. Here is a quick update on some of the recent events. One of the key moments was the new Secretary of …

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

by Paul SIMVideo April 21, 2023April 22, 20230 comments

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 …

Protect Portsmouth Rally

by Paul SIMEvents, General News April 17, 20230 comments

Please join Let’s Stop Aquind on Saturday 22nd April 2023 at 12pm till 1 pm at Guildhall Square. Our last opportunity to raise awareness about the Aquind Interconnector project before the deadline for objections the following week. You can see the speaker list (including the local MPs) below and keep up to date with the …

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

by Paul SIMGeneral News March 31, 2023March 31, 20231 comment

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 …

What would cable digging look like?

by Paul SIMGeneral News March 31, 2023March 31, 20230 comments

Dig deep enough (sorry!) in to the Aquind planning application details and you can find some information on the approach to the digging of the trench for the proposed interconnector power cables but it is hard to visualise the scale of the work needed. All the more so when the planned cable trenches would run …

We Need Help to Raise Awareness of Stop Aquind!

by Paul SIMGeneral News March 13, 2023March 13, 20230 comments

We are looking to raise awareness of the Aquind Interconnector as much as possible in the next few months. We know that the decision process is building momentum, with the recent statement of the Secretary of State being published at the start of March and objections needing to be made by the end of March …

Stop Aquind & Led By Donkeys (Photo by LBD)

Press Release: Let’s Stop Aquind Releases Open Letter to Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt and Grant Shapps: “IT’S TIME TO STOP AQUIND”

by Paul SIMGeneral News March 2, 20230 comments

Portsmouth, Hampshire – Wednesday 1 March 2023 Community pressure group Let’s Stop Aquind has revitalised its long-running campaign against the Aquind Interconnector in response to the recent high court judgement in favour of Aquind Limited, which quashed the government’s original decision not to allow the project. As all parties wait for Secretary of State for …

Stop Aquind at The Royal Court of Justice in London

Press Release: Let’s Stop Aquind Responds To The Judicial Review Judgement Announcement – This Project Must Be Stopped Once And For All

by Paul SIMGeneral News, Protest January 29, 2023January 29, 20230 comments

Portsmouth, Hampshire – 25th January 2023 While we are bitterly disappointed that the judgement has been made in favour of Aquind Limited, we will be redoubling our opposition to this project, which now enters a new phase. As a grassroots community group, Let’s Stop Aquind remains committed to campaigning to protect the environment of Portsmouth, …