Asian Super Grid

The Asian Super Grid is a project to establish an electrical power transmission network, or super grid, connecting China, South Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, Russia, Japan and India.

[5] It envisions interconnecting grids across regions, nations, and even continents with a capacity of over 10 gigawatts.

[6] The concept is the result of an idea by Masayoshi Son, founder and head of the telecom and Internet giant SoftBank Group.

After the devastation of the Fukushima nuclear accident in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Son was so shocked by events that he established the Renewable Energy Institute soon afterwards to help develop and promote renewable energy.

[6] A diverse and widely sourced mix of both renewable and non-renewable energy sources connected by super grid could reduce the region’s risk of power outages; as experienced after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster, and 2011 South Korea blackouts.