Solar Panels on Graves?

You’ve heard the old adage “where there’s a will there’s way.” Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain, just upped the ante on the meaning of those words.

Bless their hearts. Here’s an old historical village just outside Barcelona, full of tradition and deeply religious, that had the desire to produce solar energy but nowhere to place the solar panels. In a mountainous town of 124,000 people, crammed into a mere 1.5 square miles, land is scarce, especially flat, sun-kissed land.

There seemed to be only one answer: to turn a sunny expanse of graves into a solar power plant.

Over this sacred burial place you’ll find 462 solar panels spread over 10,700 square feet of mausoleums holding five layers of coffins. It has the capacity to meet the energy needs of 60 families. (more…)

Solar Panels on Graves?