 In March 2013, the project obtained the METI approval, qualifying for participation under the Japanese Act on Special Measures concerning the Procurement of Renewable Electric Energy by Operators of Electric Utilities (the "RENA") with a feed-in tariff as FY 2012 project.The first application for Grid Connection was filed with Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. in March 2013.In July 2016 the project finally obtained Grid Connection Application approval from Kyushu Electric Power for a direct current, high voltage submarine transmission system based on VSC technology from Siemens.