In an interesting development in the battle against global warming, a graveyard in Spain now generates clean energy ever since members from the local population were convinced by the government that by placing solar panels above each of the mausoleums in the cemetery, they were benefitting the living without insulting the dead.
The town of Santa Coloma de Gramenet now produces 124,374KW of electricity from the 462 panels installed in the cemetery which is enough to provide electricity to 60 homes.
Since the price of plots of land in the city are exorbitant, Conste- Live Energy, a solar energy company came up with this idea and with the help of the local council, convinced citizens to start this project.
The panels cost 720,000 Euros to be installed but keep out 62 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year.
Santa Coloma has four solar parks, but the cemetery is their biggest even though only 5 percent of the total area of the cemetery has been used so far.
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The town of Santa Coloma de Gramenet now produces 124,374KW of electricity from the 462 panels installed in the cemetery which is enough to provide electricity to 60 homes.
Since the price of plots of land in the city are exorbitant, Conste- Live Energy, a solar energy company came up with this idea and with the help of the local council, convinced citizens to start this project.
The panels cost 720,000 Euros to be installed but keep out 62 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year.
Santa Coloma has four solar parks, but the cemetery is their biggest even though only 5 percent of the total area of the cemetery has been used so far.
To read the whole article click here.
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