The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will tighten the operation of agricultural solar power plants (Solar Sharing). The operational contents previously stated in the “notices” under the Agricultural Land Law will be developed into “implementing regulations”, and guidelines will be developed, including operational policies. new. On December 4, the draft ``Guidelines for handling the licensing system for converting agricultural land for solar power production in agriculture'' was published.
On-site inspections are conducted annually for large-scale agricultural solar cells on 4 hectares
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To date, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has issued a notice under the Agricultural Land Law on the operation of solar power for agriculture, requiring conditions such as “a 3-year extension for temporary conversion”. period (10 years for farmers-based farming)'' and ``does not reduce productivity (degradation) by 20% or more (excluding cases where agricultural land is reused)" and " annual report on the status of agricultural production."
Under these circumstances, the Ministry has established an expert group on on-farm solar power generation in 2022 (an expert group to consider the desired future of on-farm solar power generation) and discussed Discuss issues to date as well as future directions. At the expert meeting, it was reported that 458 out of 2,535 solar farms surveyed (18%) had problems such as reduced productivity and to address these problems, the “notice” pointed to out that there are limits to activity.
To address this issue, the Ministry has decided to redefine the operational details that have been regulated through notifications as "Implementing Regulations" of the Agricultural Land Act and to frame guidelines regulating the specific implementation.
For example, the guidance states: ``If the total area of agricultural land under sunlight exceeds 4 hectares, the agricultural land conversion permit holder (agricultural committee) should consult with the local agricultural authorities regarding the adequacy of licensing standards, etc. ``If cultivation is not carried out and necessary improvement measures are not taken even after instructions, agricultural land conversion permit holders will be instructed to remove agricultural-type solar power generation equipment.'' New regulations have been added, such as
