Japan has been pouring billions of dollars in clean-energy investment after introducing a feed-in tariff (FIT) program in 2012, aiming to help the world’s third-biggest economy shift away from its reliance on nuclear power after the March 2011 Fukushima disaster. Asahi’s survey showed that the ratio of solar power at peak hours was as low as Hokuriku Electric Power’s 5.9 percent and as high as Kyushu Electric Power’s 24.6 percent, depending on access to ample land with favorable sunlight conditions.