The UK and the Netherlands have announced an agreement for a subsea energy connection called LionLink that will power up to 1.8 million UK homes and be operational by the early 2030s. The link will send a "strong signal" to Russian President Vladimir Putin that his reign over global electricity markets is over and will provide enough electricity to power more homes than the British metropolises of Birmingham and Manchester sum. The European summit was reeling from the war in Ukraine and the global push for renewable energy to fight climate change.