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On 8 June 2015, Nemo Link Limited, the joint venture between National Grid and Elia, awarded J-Power Systems Corporation (a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.) a full EPC contract to design, manufacture and install the underground and subsea HVDC XLPE cable system for the 1,000 MW Nemo Link interconnector between Kent in the UK and Zeebrugge in Belgium, covering approximately 130 km of subsea cable and 11.5 km of land cable. This award formally selected J-Power Systems as the cable supplier and installation contractor for the project, within an overall project value of around €500 million.