While working on farming, he was asked to take on farming duties and mow the grass for neighboring farmers, and was consulted on how to make effective use of abandoned farmland. As a result, he considered collaborating with a photovoltaic generation business that a group company was working on, and focused on solar sharing, which allows photovoltaic generation while farming, and started operating it.

When farmland is in a remote location, it is impossible to decide whether or not to water the crops without going there. The weather can drastically change how you handle your crops.
With a remote monitoring system, you can find out the local temperature and amount of sunlight, and use a camera to check the growth status. Reducing risks and human effort was the main reason for introducing the remote monitoring system.

Our group company has worked on the installation of photovoltaic generation systems at various sites, and almost every one of them has installed Laplace's remote monitoring system.
We decided to use Laplace's system because we thought it would enable reliable system control and data acquisition.
The most important thing was that it should be possible to remotely control watering. We asked them if it was possible to remotely control the opening and closing of valves with a system, and after many discussions, they were able to realize our ideal control system.

I basically always check the situation on my smartphone.
More than half of this farm area is outdoors, so it's not fully automated with a specific time to water each day, and I have to adjust it according to the weather. However, I can easily water the plants with just one button on my smartphone, and of course I can also check the power generation status, so I'm very satisfied with both the ease of use and the performance.
It's especially helpful when I can't be in the field all day due to a business trip or something.

Of course, the income from selling electricity is a benefit, but since the log-grown shiitake mushroom production at our farm requires an environment that is completely shaded, installing solar panels provides the benefits of shading and blocking heat, and we feel that the working environment for our employees has also improved.

While valuing our connections with neighboring farmers, we would like to promote the sixth industry* that expands the possibilities of agriculture, such as by establishing small-scale direct sales outlets.
The other thing is promoting employment by linking agriculture with welfare. If we can create a system that makes it easy for people with disabilities to grow and harvest crops, it should lead to more employment.
As part of our contribution to the local community through agriculture, we believe it is our mission to provide a system that allows people to work better for better wages.
We would like to expand agriculture to the region in terms of production, employment, etc., while making full use of solar sharing.

*The goal is for primary industries such as agriculture to expand their operations into secondary food processing and tertiary distribution and sales, and work to integrate them.