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AQUIND Interconnector
The AQUIND Interconnector is a proposed high-voltage direct current, HVDC submarine power cable proposed to link France and England. Independent research carried out in Portsmouth by Savanta suggests public support for a new transmission link between Portsmouth and Normandy. These results were reported in a number of Energy industry publications in 2024. However there was also considerable local opposition to the specific route and overall proposal https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/stop-aquind-campaign-at-critical-moment-as-6200-signature-petition-submitted-3383207 The project has faced local opposition and attracted controversy due to claims regarding its environmental impact and links between the company's backers and the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. A decision on the project is currently awaited from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. Under the previous Government, the project was refused by then Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
