Russia is interested in implementing projects to export power to the Far East, and intends to build a power link between the Russian island of Sakhalin and the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
Russia is drafting a feasibility report, with Japanese financial assistance, for construction of a power link.
The plan is to use the natural gas produced beneath Sakhalin for a combined cycle plant at Sakhalin 2. It was originally suggested laying an underwater high-voltage cable from Sakhalin to Hokkaido. However, the Japanese partners suggested extending the cable to Tokyo
