Funding Nemo: £600m power cable connects UK and Belgium

Energy link covers 80-mile route along seabed between Richborough and Zeebrugge

A 600m cable connecting the UK and Belgium's energy systems is about to be switched on, becoming the first of a new generation of interconnectors that will deepen the UK's ties to mainland Europe just as it prepares to leave the EU.

The Nemo link is in the final stages of testing and from early 2019 is expected to transmit power over an 80-mile route along the seabed between Richborough in Kent and Zeebrugge, becoming the first new electricity interconnector to the continent since 2011 and the first to Belgium.