Cemeteries Next Frontier for Solar Energy

By Douglas McIntyre  •  July 15, 2025

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports on a creative trend in renewable energy: installing solar panels in cemeteries. The initiative, called Requiem and Power, is being adopted in several U.S. cities and has the support of the Catholic Church. With farmland and urban space limited, cemeteries offer one of the few large, unobstructed areas suitable for powering municipal buildings and nearby homes—proving that even the resting places of the past can help energize the future.

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