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This Spanish city plans to turn its cemeteries into the
By 2025, a 1.3-megawatt solar canopy will cover the cemetery and supply electricity to the commune''s 4,000 residents. For an entry fee of just €5, they will eventually have a share in the
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This French town is building a solar canopy over its
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Valencia Launches ''Requiem in Power'' to Install 6,658 Solar Panels
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City officials develop plan to harness energy from
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Did relatives consulted on solar panels in Campanar Cemetery?
Unveiling hundreds of solar panels gleaming atop tombs in the 200-year-old Campanar cemetery earlier this month, local official Carlos Mundina admitted that relatives of the deceased had not been consulted on the plan.
Is Valencia turning cemeteries into solar farms?
Try The Telegraph free for 3 months with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more. Valencia has begun turning its cemeteries into solar farms, sparking anger from relatives of the dead who say they were not consulted over the plan to meet net zero targets.
Could Europe's largest urban solar farm be built on graveyards?
Officials in the Spanish city hope to build Europe’s largest urban solar farm with close to 7,000 panels being built on graveyards, under a project named Requiem in Power (RIP).
Do you need to consult someone about a grave in Valencia?
“This is a public-owned facility and the [graves] are leased for 30 or 50-year periods so we don’t need to consult anyone,” Mr Mundina, Valencia’s climate and energy transition chief, said. “Cemeteries are places of absolute quiet, something solar energy does not disturb,” he added.
How many cemeteries are generating renewable power?
Three small cemeteries have so far started generating renewable power with larger sites next in the €3.2million (£2.6 million) project, which is part of the city’s plans to become carbon neutral by as early as 2030.