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ELECTRIC CEMETERY: A Spanish town is using its cemetery not only to bury its dead, but to generate eco-friendly power.

ELECTRIC CEMETERY: A Spanish town is using its cemetery not only to bury its dead, but to generate eco-friendly power.

Solar panels on graves give Spanish town green energy

A small town in Spain has decided to make use of its cemetery not only to bury its dead, but also to generate eco-friendly power. Four-hundred-and-sixty-two solar panels generate electricity equivalent to the yearly use of 60 homes, according to town officials. With a population of 1.24 lakh, the isolation of the sun-trap cemetery made it the only ideal location for such a project.

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