Ceremony marks completion of "solar-sharing" farm in Fukushima town

People visit a farm in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 11, 2015, built in a project allowing crops and solar panels to "share" the sunlight. A ceremony marking completion of the solar-sharing farm was held in the northeastern Japanese city earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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