The Planning Inspectorate, the public agency in charge of national infrastructure planning applications in England and Wales (United Kingdom), has accepted the application for development consent for the 2 GW Aquind power interconnection project between the United Kingdom and France. The Aquind project is a proposed subsea High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) power transmission line between Lovedean, near Portsmouth, on the South Coast of England (UK) and Dieppe (Normandy, France) with a capacity to transmit up to 16 TWh/year. The total cost of the project is estimated at £1.1bn (around €1.3bn). In September 2016, Aquind was granted an interconnection license from the British energy regulator Ofgem to develop the project. Construction could start in 2021 if the Planning Inspectorate grants a development consent order and the project could be commissioned in 2023.