UK taps French power surplus with new cable

Britain is set to double the amount of electricity it imports from France under plans to construct a new £1.1 billion subsea power cable.

The power line running from Le Havre to Lovedean, near Portsmouth, will supply enough electricity to power four million British homes, according to its developer. It also is intended to be up and running in 2021, at least four years earlier than the new nuclear plant planned for Hinkley Point, Somerset, by the French utility EDF.

The Times.