Historical Cathedral to install solar energy panels on roof A
historical cathedral in the UK is set to become the first in the
country—and possibly the world—to install solar panels on its
roof. The Coventry Cathedral applied recently for approval of
its building plans to install some $160,800.00 worth of
photovoltaic panels on its rooftop, The Telegraph said. This
would, perhaps, make the historic church the first of its kind
in the world to have solar panels on the rooftop. As of now, at
least one church in London has solar panels on its roof, but it
is not a cathedral. A cathedral in Saskatchewan, Canada namely
the Saskatoon Cathedral, has solar panels on its stained glass
windows. Coventry Cathedral has one advantage over other
cathedrals in the city, because it has a flatter rooftop, which
should facilitate the laying of some 178 panels occupying a
space of 2,153 square feet, Edie Newsroom reported. Jane
Woodward, executive director of the cathedral told Low Carbon
Economy, “[In] Coventry, many cathedral