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Green Tech Nov 28, 2008
An Idea to Green Your Grave
Solar Powers in Cemetery Help Power Spanish Town
Looking for an idea that can help the people you leave behind? The Spanish town of Santa Coloma de Gramenet has turned its cemetery into something better than a memorial. By installing solar panels on top of mausoleums, they have turned the cemetery into a green-power-generating lifeline for the town.
According to an AP report, the cemetery boasts 462 solar panels, which produce enough energy to power 60 homes.
Cemeteries take up a great deal of land that could be better put to use as untouched wilderness, but it's good to see someone producing green change out of death.
