Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Friday, November 28, 2008 11:25:42 AM
The 462 panels produce 124,374 kilowatts of electricity, enough to supply 60 homes for a year in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, near Barcelona. The exorbitant price of land in the densely populated satellite city inspired a solar energy company to propose using one of the last remaining available plots of land - the cemetery.
It is a good idea, but land is expensive and you need alot of it to power a small city with solar panels. (Let's not forget they also need sunshine!)