Solar panels on graves give power to Spanish town
Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 14:07
in Earth & Climate
(AP) -- A new kind of silent hero has joined the fight against climate change. 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.
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