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AQUIND gets approval to apply for judicial review of consent denial

By: Tom Russell 22/06/2022 AQUIND

General Interconnectors

Developers of the AQUIND Interconnector project have confirmed that the application for permission to apply for judicial review of the decision of the Secretary of State in respect of the Development Consent Order. The Court has confirmed that the claim has raised arguable grounds which merit consideration at a full hearing.

AQUIND was a proposed subsea and underground high voltage direct current power transmission link between the South Coast of England and Normandy in France. With a capacity of 2 GW, AQUIND was designed to boost the security of supply, help foster renewable power integration and provide each nation's grids with ancillary services. Over the course of a year, the project was expected to allow the transmission of 16 TWh.

Kwasi Kwarteng, the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, made the decision to refuse the approval of Development Consent Order (DCO) for the AQUIND Interconnector project back in January this year. In a document outlining his refusal of the DCO, the Secretary of State noted that alternatives with regards to the project's urban landfall and substation locations had not been adequately considered and on that basis it is not possible to conclude whether the need for and benefits of the proposed development would outweigh its impacts.

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