Agrivoltaic is called "solar sharing" in Japan. In 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) set up a system that began to spread, but a small number of power plants had been installed before then.
Power plants installed in the early years
The term "solar sharing" is used by the private sector, while the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries uses the term "farm-based solar power generation". In English, the official term is "Farming Photovoltaics".
Reference: MAFF special website on Farming Photovoltaics.
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/shokusan/renewable/energy/einou.html#guidebook96 power plants were installed in 2013, and the number has been hovering around 300 to 400 annually since then. Most of them are using the Feed-in Tariff.
In Japan, solar sharing is given special treatment under the Agricultural Land Law, and can be installed even on agricultural land, where use for anything other than agriculture is strictly restricted.
Since the system was launched with the aim of improving the income of farmers, it is characterized by a high degree of flexibility in terms of installation locations.
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