{"id":17,"date":"2008-09-30T17:12:01","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17"},"modified":"2013-08-20T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T16:37:43","slug":"holy-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/09\/30\/holy-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Roof tiles on the Paul VI auditorium are being replaced by 2,700 solar panels in move that will save over 200 tonnes of carbon dioxide being emitted every 2 weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" title=\"Solar Panels\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/45062000\/jpg\/_45062594_9b1c2eb0-cfd9-412e-abfb-2bb78da46c34.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" \/>With a reported installation cost of \u00a31.5 million the Pope is certainly lucky they&#8217;ve been donated by Bonn-based company, <a title=\"Solar World\" href=\"http:\/\/www.solarworld.de\/solarworld.4.0.html?L=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solar World<\/a> at no cost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Surplus power will be fed back into the grid earning the Vatican a good chunk of revenue when it&#8217;s not being used to cool or heat the 6,000 seater hall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">See video footage of the installation <a title=\"BBC\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/europe\/7642811.stm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanks to the BBC for this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roof tiles on the Paul VI auditorium are being replaced by 2,700 solar panels in move that will save over 200 tonnes of carbon dioxide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-installation","tag-solar-panels"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holy Solar - Indoor\/Outdoor Lighting Guides &amp; 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