Frontier Power and Japan Interconnector, via Frontier Power Asia, have officially applied to be considered as an eligible bidding party for Japan’s first independent undersea link project being auctioned in a competitive process.

The consortium has already received support from notable financial and industrial partners, to be part of the competitive process and undertake due diligence to bid into this major project in Japan.

Hokkaido link #1 aims to link the country’s northern regions rich in renewable power resources to the southern demand centres. The project requires some $10bn of investments according to official initial estimates by Japanese authorities.

The Frontier Power led consortium is one of two applicants for this major undersea HVDC project. Japan has plans to develop other such links via similar competitive processes.

Given its experience in developing undersea HVDC links, Frontier Power aims to be a leading contender in such projects.