Green Options » grave http://greenoptions.com/tag/grave Posts tagged 'grave' Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:30:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Power from the Great Beyond: Spanish Town Puts Solar Panels on Graves http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/25/power-from-the-great-beyond-spanish-town-puts-solar-panels-on-graves/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/25/power-from-the-great-beyond-spanish-town-puts-solar-panels-on-graves/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:30:08 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/25/power-from-the-great-beyond-spanish-town-puts-solar-panels-on-graves/

We don’t usually expect graveyards to give us much besides a chance to express grief, but a small town outside Barcelona, Spain has found a new use for them: energy powerhouses. The town of Santa Coloma de Gramenet has placed 462 solar panels on top of mausoleums in the local cemetery. The panels will provide enough power for 60 homes.

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