Town brought to life by solar-panelled graves
A new kind of silent hero has joined the fight against climate change. A cemetery in Santa Coloma de Gramenet is now producing enough power for 60 homes. Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a gritty, working-class town outside Barcelona, has placed a sea of solar panels atop mausoleums at its cemetery, transforming a place of perpetual rest into one buzzing with renewable energy.
Publication Date:
25/11/2008