Nobuhiro’s colleagues had already arrived at the building site for the solar power plant in the mountains west of Koriyama. All of them were experts in architecture or solar energy. They were not only Nobuhiro’s advisors, but also members of the team working on this project of building an anti-nuclear protest facility.1

“I look forward to working with you,” Young-Joon said as he reached out to shake their hands.0

Solar power plants were not an unfamiliar concept. In Korea, there were quite a few small solar power plants in rural areas, including Jeonnam. However, it was a very small scale. It was not a national business model, but rather a financial investment by smart elders. They invested about one hundred million won to generate a small amount of electricity for ten households and sold it to Kepco. 0

There have been many of these small, investment-type solar power plants in Japan, but A-GenBio’s solar cells were going to be something completely different.0

Nobuhiro, an economist, was confident in the business model. The mountainous land west of Koriyama had a gentle slope of less than twenty-five degrees, with direct road access to the surrounding countryside. The forests that covered this area were also easy to cut down. 0

“Our existing solar panels...1