Pope Francis decreed Wednesday that an area of northern Rome, long the source of controversy because of electromagnetic waves emitted by Vatican Radio towers, will now house a field of solar panels to fuel Vatican City. Citing the Vatican’s pledge in UN climate treaties to curb carbon emissions, Francis tasked a commission of Vatican officials Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Solar Power’
Spanish city plans to turn its cemeteries into urban solar farm
Monday, June 10th, 2024A city in Spain is starting to use its cemeteries to generate renewable power. On the east coast, Valencia aims to install thousands of solar panels in graveyards around the city. The project has been dubbed RIP – standing for Requiem in Power – and was launched this month with the first photovoltaic panels installed. Read more
Churches committing to eco-friendly project
Monday, October 9th, 2023Churches across 12 denominations in New Zealand have signed up to an international project called Eco Church to reduce their impact on the environment. Chartwell Cooperating Church have installed their first round of solar panels, with plans to cover more of their roof in the future. Solar power is a clean power source, compared to Read more
Global solar investment set to surpass oil spending
Monday, May 29th, 2023Global solar investment is projected to outpace oil spending for the first time in 2023, with China leading the way, a report by an energy watchdog said. An estimated US$400 billion will be allocated to solar energy this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday in its annual world energy investment report. “About Read more
Philippine diocese becomes first to switch to solar power
Thursday, June 25th, 2020The Vatican has praised a Philippine diocese for becoming the first in the entire Catholic Church to adopt renewable energy. Vatican officials have released a document offering a guide for Catholics on how to take care of the earth as God’s creation and man’s “common home,” citing the diocese’s response to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Read more
Church to build 5,000-plus solar power panel array
Thursday, July 18th, 2019
The largest independent social services agency in the District of Columbia (DC) region, Catholic Charities, is about to build DC’s biggest ground-based solar array. Once built, Catholic Charities says the 2-megawatt array will be the biggest project approved in DC. The project’s benefits look promising. Consisting of 5,000-plus panels, the array will provide enough renewable Read more
Church asks council for $500,000 loan to fund solar farm
Thursday, June 27th, 2019
Work on a multi-million dollar mega solar farm to power 400 low-income households in one of Hawke’s Bay’s poorest suburbs could begin as soon as December, the developer says. Power to the People, a charitable trust formed through St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Hastings, hopes to set up a solar farm in Flaxmere with a Read more
Philippine Catholic shrine to go 100 percent green
Friday, March 4th, 2016Tapping into greener power, a popular Catholic shrine in Manila is taking steps toward becoming the first church in the Philippine capital to be completely solar-powered. The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, a shrine operated by the Redemptorists, will be installing solar panels in the coming months. Brother Ciriaco Santiago, head of Read more
Church in Guam installs solar panels on roof
Friday, November 1st, 2013
188 solar panels are to be installed on the roof of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church at Yona, in Guam. They will supply about 65% of the church’s electricity needs. This will be the second solar panel array installed on a church owned building at the Yona. Last December, St. Francis Catholic School turned Read more
Solar power lights up in Saint Mary’s in Gisborne
Friday, August 3rd, 2012As more and more New Zealanders consider alternative power supplies, a Gisborne church will be praying for sunshine. Saint Mary Star of the Sea has invested in five-watt solar panels on the roof of the parish building in Campion Road. Father Yvan Sergy says the panels will be installed in the second week of August, Read more