Holy See signs agreement to use completely renewable energy
This new agrivoltaic plant, to be installed on Holy See property in Santa Maria di Galeria, aims to provide the entire Vatican City State with renewable electricity while
Yes. Vatican City has joined Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to become one of just eight countries in the world to generate 100% of its electricity from renewable sources. Several church organizations around the world are making the move to solar.
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 agrivoltaic plant is situated on the Holy See's property at Santa Maria di Galeria on the outskirts of Rome. The 1000+ acre site is a good match for the agrivoltaic plant, as it was already the location for Vatican Radio transmission facilities for digital broadcasting.
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.
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