Upholding and taking action on a shared commitment to promote ecological responsibility and sustainable development, the Holy See and the Republic of Italy signed an agreement on Thursday for the construction of an agrivoltaic plant in Santa Maria di Galeria, an area belonging to the Holy. .
Upholding and taking action on a shared commitment to promote ecological responsibility and sustainable development, the Holy See and the Republic of Italy signed an agreement on Thursday for the construction of an agrivoltaic plant in Santa Maria di Galeria, an area belonging to the Holy. .
The Holy See and the Italian Republic have signed an agreement to build an agrivoltaic plant in the Vatican’s Santa Maria di Galeria area just outside of Rome, aiming to supply Vatican City State with renewable energy. By Vatican News Upholding and taking action on a shared commitment to promote. .
ROME (AP) — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that the Holy See hopes will generate enough electricity to meet its needs and turn Vatican City into the world’s first. .
Pope Francis has ordered the construction of a solar power plant to supply the Vatican's electricity needs. He did so with the apostolic letter in the form of Motu proprio Fratello Sole, published in Italian on May 26, 2024. He presents his decision as an example in the fight against global. .
On July 31, at the historic Palazzo Borromeo, the Holy See and the Italian Republic signed a landmark agreement to build an agrivoltaic system in Santa Maria di Galeria. Photo: Vatican Media According to the Vatican’s press office, the installation will apply the most advanced solutions currently. .
“We must make a transition towards a model of sustainable development that reduces greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, to achieve the objective of climate neutrality,” the pope wrote in the letter, dated June 21. He said the plant would produce enough energy to power not only the Vatican. .
Within the large estate of Santa Maria di Galeria, where the large antennas of Vatican Radio once transmitted on medium waves (and were at the center of controversies and complaints from local residents), the Pope has decided to create a large photovoltaic plant that will allow the small pontifical.
