{"id":285512,"date":"2025-08-06T09:20:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/vatican-and-italy-seal-agreement-to-build-agrovoltaic-plant\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:30:56","slug":"vatican-and-italy-seal-agreement-to-build-agrovoltaic-plant","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/vatican-and-italy-seal-agreement-to-build-agrovoltaic-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican and Italy seal agreement to build agrovoltaic plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Holy See is moving towards its goal of becoming the world&#8217;s first carbon-neutral state thanks to a pact with the Italian government. The two parties signed an agreement at Palazzo Borromeo that will allow the construction of an agrovoltaic plant on Vatican land located in Santa Maria di Galeria, north of Rome. <\/p>\n\n<p>The agreement was signed on July 31, 2025 by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican&#8217;s head of State Relations, and Francesco Di Nitto, the Italian ambassador to the Holy See. The project represents a concrete step in the small state&#8217;s decarbonization strategy. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/acuerdo-para-la-planta-agrovoltaica-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"signature of the agreement for the new agrovoltaic plant\" class=\"wp-image-285427\" style=\"width:618px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/acuerdo-para-la-planta-agrovoltaica-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/acuerdo-para-la-planta-agrovoltaica-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/acuerdo-para-la-planta-agrovoltaica-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/acuerdo-para-la-planta-agrovoltaica-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/acuerdo-para-la-planta-agrovoltaica-624x351.webp 624w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/acuerdo-para-la-planta-agrovoltaica.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signing of the agreement for the construction of the plant. Source: Vatican City State <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An agrovoltaic plant with a sustainable approach<\/h2>\n\n<p>The photovoltaic installation will be located on a 430-hectare site that previously housed radio transmission antennas. With this conversion, priority will be given to respecting agricultural land use, protecting the natural environment and generating clean energy. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/saudi-arabia-makes-progress-in-exporting-clean-energy-to-europe\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"283628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clean energy<\/a><\/strong> to supply the Vatican&#8217;s electricity consumption. <\/p>\n\n<p>Italy, in addition to supporting the offshore use of the land, will be able to count the energy production towards its environmental commitments to the European Union. Surplus electricity generated may be allocated to the local community, as established by the agreement. <\/p>\n\n<p>The agreement, which includes five articles, is in line with the principles of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and demonstrates the Vatican&#8217;s intention to align itself with international standards in terms of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/lego-bets-on-sustainability-by-presenting-tires-made-from-recycled-materials\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"236268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sustainability<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The agrovoltaic plant will mark a starting point for the simultaneous use of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/hornet-solars-solar-energy-project-to-boost-texas-renewable-energy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"242034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solar energy<\/a><\/strong> and agricultural activities.<\/p>\n\n<p>Santa Mar\u00eda de Galeria, once the scene of controversy due to the emission of electromagnetic waves, will now give way to an infrastructure that seeks to reduce its environmental impact. The site will leave behind its past as a broadcasting center to become a model of integration between solar technology and landscape preservation. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/es\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2025\/07\/31\/310725d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official website of the Holy See<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Main photo: shutterstock<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Internal photo: Vatican City State<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 430-hectare site that once housed radio antennas will now supply clean energy to the world&#8217;s smallest country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8403,"featured_media":285430,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-285512","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/285512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/285512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=285512"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=285512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}