The Vatican will become the first country in the world to
Aug 1, 2025 · According to the Vatican''s press office, the installation will apply the most advanced solutions currently available, balancing clean energy generation with the preservation of
Aug 1, 2025 · According to the Vatican''s press office, the installation will apply the most advanced solutions currently available, balancing clean energy generation with the preservation of
Jun 26, 2024 · The two Vatican prelates identified (Cardinal Vergez and Father Piccinotti) to lead the maxi project of installing the panels will act
Jul 12, 2024 · The solar power produced on the site will be used for Vatican Radio and will contribute to the energy needs of Vatican City. The new initiative will combine renewable
Jun 26, 2024 · The Vatican is set to become solar powered as Pope Francis has ordered the construction of an agrivoltaic plant at its extraterritorial site at Santa Maria di Galeria on the
Jun 23, 2025 · The 1,060-acre site about 11 miles northwest of Rome is home to Vatican Radio''s shortwave transmitters and transmission center. The Vatican press office said the pope visited
Jun 19, 2025 · Pope Pius XII inaugurated the site in 1957, more than two decades after Pope Pius XI pioneered Vatican Radio with Italian engineer
Jun 19, 2025 · Pope Pius XII inaugurated the site in 1957, more than two decades after Pope Pius XI pioneered Vatican Radio with Italian engineer and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi in
Jun 19, 2025 · Pope Leo XIV visited the Vatican''s radio transmitter station in Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy, on Thursday and thanked staff for their dedicated work in communicating the
Jun 19, 2025 · Pope Leo XIV visited the Vatican''s radio transmitter station in Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy, on Thursday and thanked staff for their
Aug 1, 2025 · The Vatican denied there was any causal link but cut back the transmissions. Pope Francis last year asked the Vatican to study developing the area into a vast solar farm, hoping
Jul 12, 2024 · The solar power produced on the site will be used for Vatican Radio and will contribute to the energy needs of Vatican City. The new
Aug 1, 2025 · According to the Vatican''s press office, the installation will apply the most advanced solutions currently available, balancing clean
Jun 19, 2025 · The Vatican Radio transmitter station has deep historical roots within the Church''s communication landscape. Established in 1931 under
May 29, 2025 · Part of Pope Francis'' dream was to ensure the city state in Rome ran on green energy. An agrivoltaic plant on Vatican property is the result.
Jun 19, 2025 · The Vatican Radio transmitter station has deep historical roots within the Church''s communication landscape. Established in 1931 under Pope Pius XI''s guidance alongside
Jun 26, 2024 · The two Vatican prelates identified (Cardinal Vergez and Father Piccinotti) to lead the maxi project of installing the panels will act as extraordinary commissioners, bypassing the
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Pope Francis last year asked the Vatican to study developing the area into a vast solar farm, hoping to put into practice his preaching about the need to transition away from fossil fuels and find clean, carbon-neutral energy sources. Pope Leo XIV visited the site in June and affirmed that he intended to see Francis’ vision through.
According to the Vatican’s press office, the installation will apply the most advanced solutions currently available, balancing clean energy generation with the preservation of agricultural use, the region’s hydrogeological stability, and the protection of its cultural and archaeological heritage (ZENIT News / Rome, 08.01.2025).-
Nearly one year has passed since Pope Francis revealed his plan for the Vatican state to transition to solar energy as its main power source, as outlined in the 2024 motu proprio Fratello Sole, or “Brother Sun.”
The future installation would be projected to “ensure, not only the power supply of the radio station existing there, but also the complete energy support of Vatican City State,” he wrote. Fast forward to 2025, and the project is completed.