New Wind Energy Power Line Between UK and Netherlands Announced

Waves break out at sea in front of Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm near New Brighton, at the mouth of the river Mersey in northwest England on March 13, 2019. Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images

A new power line that will connect offshore wind farms between the UK and the Netherlands will deliver enough electricity to “power more homes than Manchester and Birmingham combined,” according to the UK government.

On Monday, the government said LionLink will be the “world’s largest multi-use electricity power line” and claimed it will boost UK energy supplies with “enough to power 1.8 million homes.”