Get your energy bills paid from the grave.
We’re reimagining empty cemetery space as renewable hubs that can slash your energy bills. If you’re ready to harvest the power of the past for a cleaner future, join this world-first initiative.
Pledge a plot
Help us petition for a national roll out. You’ll find out how much energy you could generate from the grave, and be first to hear about your Solar Inheritance impact.
How to WIN
Want to WIN your energy bills paid for a year, or inherit a solar package for your home?
Tag your nominated ‘next of kin’ in the pinned post on our socials for the chance to WIN.
Why are we doing this?
The Solar Inheritance is a campaign by Green.com.au asking a simple question: if Australia has thousands of cemeteries sitting in full sun, could some of that space be used to generate clean energy for the living? Sure it’s a wild idea, but the point is serious: more Australians should be able to access the savings of solar, not just people with the right roof.
Yes. The campaign is real, the giveaway is real, and Green.com.au has developed a gravesite solar prototype to show what could be possible.
Actually installing panels on cemetery land would depend on individual cemetery approvals, site suitability, permissions and probably more. All things we're working on.
Because too many Australians are being buried under energy bills, while too much sun-soaked land sits unused.
Solar is one of the simplest ways to bring energy costs down, but renters, apartment dwellers and people locked out of the housing market often miss out. The Solar Inheritance is about rethinking where solar can live, and how more people can access the savings.
The campaign is petitioning for suitable cemetery spaces to be used as small renewable energy hubs. The power generated could then be redirected, credited or used to help reduce energy bills for people who need it.
For the launch, Green.com.au is also giving selected Australians the chance to have their energy bills paid for a year, or inherit a solar package for their home.
That's the plan! We've developed a gravesite solar prototype to demonstrate the idea. Any real installation would be subject to cemetery approval, family permissions, site suitability and all the other relevant regulations.
This isn’t about disturbing the dead. It’s about asking whether these spaces can do more for the living.
Our graveyard panel gravesite prototype is estimated to generate approximately 625kWh of energy per year.
That could reduce an Australian household’s energy bill by around $200 annually, depending on energy rates, usage and location. You would of course be able to put more gravesites worth of solar panels on your roof!
That’s the idea. People can show support for The Solar Inheritance and help push the conversation forward by getting involved through our campaign channels. We'll be taking the petition numbers into our next phase of rollout.
Yes. Green.com.au will select five winners nationally.
Selected winners can have their energy bills paid for a year or inherit a solar package for their home, subject to the full campaign terms and conditions (link)
Just tag someone on our pinned Instagram post who you'd consider your 'next of kin' and you and them can go in the running to score prizes, and have the chance to collect your inheritance.
Full entry details, eligibility and terms and conditions are here (link)
It’s for anyone feeling the pinch of rising energy bills.
It speaks to renters, apartment dwellers, young Australians, families, homeowners who haven’t gone solar yet, and anyone who thinks clean energy should be easier to access.
We don’t think so.
The Solar Inheritance isn’t about making light of death. It’s about making a serious point in a way people can’t ignore: Australia has land, sunlight and rising energy bills. Maybe it’s time we thought differently about how those things connect.
Australia has more than 3,400 cemeteries, and almost none of them generate power.
Many are open, sunny spaces. The campaign asks whether suitable parts of that land could help produce cleaner, cheaper energy for the community.
No. The campaign is about making solar more accessible for everyone. Some Australians already have the right roof but haven’t made the switch yet. Others don’t have a roof they can use at all. The bigger point is that clean energy savings should reach more people, in more ways.
To start a national conversation about who gets access to solar, who gets left out, and how Australia can use the spaces we already have more intelligently.
Because if younger Australians are paying the price for the past, maybe the past can chip in for the bill. Don’t die wondering.
