Solar power panels shared by experimental farm in northern Japan town

Photo taken on July 2, 2015, shows solar power panels installed at an experimental greenhouse in Minamisoma in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Fukushima. It is operated by the Eco-energy Minamisoma Research Institute for farmers engaged in greenhouse vegetable cultivation by using some of the solar energy-generated electricity while selling the rest in an attempt to establish a new model of agriculture in a region devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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