Residents in Saint-Joachim can join this unusual community energy scheme for just €5.
A French town is installing a canopy of solar panels over its cemetery that will distribute energy to local residents.
The idea didn’t start with solar. Saint-Joachim is located in the middle of the Brière marsh – a vast peat bog north of the Loire estuary.
When it outgrew its churchyard cemetery in 1970, a new graveyard was created to the east of the town’s main island, a drop from six to zero metres above sea level.