On Tuesday, August 4th, a meeting was held in the Green Room of Palazzo Chigi in Rome to formally establish the Italy–Holy See Joint Commission which will oversee the construction of the agrivoltaic plant in the Vatican’s extraterritorial area of Santa Maria di Galeria on the outskirts of Rome.
The Commission was established under the agreement between Italy and the Holy See signed on 31 July 2025.
The meeting was co-chaired by Sr. Raffaella Petrini, President of the Fratello Sole Foundation, and Alfredo Mantovano, Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Italy, in the presence of Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, Vice President of the Fratello Sole Foundation.
Representatives of the Governorate of Vatican City State, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), and the Vatican Gendarmerie took part in the meeting. On the Italian side, participants included the Chiefs of Cabinet and technical representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Interior, Culture, and the Environment and Energy Security, as well as representatives of the Lazio Region, Roma Capitale, and the companies ARERA, Terna, and Acea.
