UK must review decision to block UK-France power cable project - court ruling

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must review its refusal to grant development consent for a high-voltage undersea power cable project linking Britain and France, London's High Court ruled on Tuesday.

Investment firm Aquind - which says its undersea cable linking England and Normandy would be able to transmit 16,000,000 MWh of electricity each year - took legal action after then-Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng refused consent in January 2022.

(Reporting by Sam Tobin and Elizabeth Piper, writing by William James)