VATICAN CITY POWER INVERTERS AND SOLAR PANELS
The pope has delegated Vatican governing bodies to work with the Italian government to build an agrivoltaics system in the lands of Santa Maria di Galeria, located outside of Rome and an
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).-
Citing Pope Francis's «Laudato Si'», Gallagher reminded listeners that access to clean, renewable energy remains elusive for many across the globe, and that while progress has been made, systemic change is still slow. The agrivoltaic project is one of those “good practices” Pope Francis called for in his encyclical a decade ago.
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
The site of the future installation is no ordinary patch of land. Since 1957, it has hosted Vatican Radio's shortwave transmission center, on extraterritorial land granted to the Holy See under agreements with the Italian government.
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