Marissa Brassfield
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The Santa Coloma de Gramenet Cemetery outside Barcelona, Spain is doing its part to stave off global warming; it’s installed 462 photovoltaic panels atop its many mausoleums. Santa Coloma gets plenty of annual sunshine, but the city is so densely populated that implementing a more traditional solar field is impossible. The solar panels at the Santa Coloma de Gramenet Cemetery produce enough electricity to power 60 homes annually, and flows into the local energy grid to help do so.  "The best tribute we can pay to our ancestors, whatever your religion may be, is to generate clean energy for new generations. That is our leitmotif," said Esteve Serret, director Conste-Live Energy, a Spanish company that runs the cemetery in Santa Coloma and also works in renewable energy.
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