This town is going to cover its cemetery with solar canopies
Rendering: Brier'energie
The residents of Saint-Joachim in Pays de la Loire, France, are putting solar canopies over their cemetery.
A cemetery shaded by solar
The 1.3-megawatt (MW) solar canopy will cover the Saint-Joachim cemetery and supply electricity to the commune’s 4,000 residents from the summer of 2025.
What’s neat about this project is that it will do more than generate clean energy and provide shade. It will also collect rainwater for a nearby sports complex, which will…