Ferrara, the city of "green" heat
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Web Content Article · written-by Mario Egidio on-date May 26, 2024 12:32 PM
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 9, 2021 12:04 PM
On 2 December Hera Group will take part in the fourth edition of the “Southern European Infrastructure Conference”, organized by Mediobanca in Australia. This year's edition will be virtual. ...
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Web Content Article on-date Oct 21, 2021 9:45 AM
From 26 to 29 October 2021, Ecomondo, the leading event in Europe regarding technological and industrial innovation in environmental services and the green economy (especially waste and resources,...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 1, 2017 11:55 AM
Herambiente's Decontamination division will, once again this year, play a pivotal role at the Ferrara-based fair - Italy's most specialised event on decontamination of polluted sites and...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 1, 2017 11:55 AM
Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th September 2017 will see the fifth edition of FARETE take place at the Bologna trade fair centre. This initiative has been organised by Unindustria Bologna to promote...
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Web Content Article on-date Oct 28, 2016 4:08 PM
Once again it is time for Ecomondo, the much anticipated meeting that brings together national and international operators in the industry revolving around the world of environmental services and...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 26, 2016 10:20 AM
From 21 to 23 September 2016, Herambiente's Reclamation division will once again take centre stage with an updated stand at the Ferrara trade fair during the Italian event specialised in the...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 26, 2016 10:10 AM
On 5 and 6 September 2016, the fifth edition of FARETE will be held at the Bologna trade fair. This initiative is organised by Unindustria Bologna to promote visibility and networking opportunities...
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Web Content Article on-date May 10, 2016 12:09 PM
MIAC Recovery and Recycling 2016, the international event dedicated to paper for recycling sponsored by COMIECO, will take place from 19 to 20 May in Lucca. Herambiente will be one of the main...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 6, 2016 9:31 AM
On 20 April, during the training seminar organised by RemTech Expo and Assoporti, Herambiente will report on "The Green Economy Decree and dredging sediment. Operational aspects of refining and...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 4, 2016 11:54 AM
The Renewable Energy Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition has reached its third edition (in Ravenna on 9 and 10 March). REM represents a link between the WTO biennial editions (The Offshore...
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Web Content Article on-date May 22, 2015 11:10 AM
Genus Bononiae and the Fondazione Cassa di risparmio in Bologna are organising a conference on "Public services in local authority organisation and in the market" at the Biblioteca d'Arte e di...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 12, 2015 5:22 PM
The Conference will be held at the Polytechnic University of Milan - Piacenza Campus - Room A - via Scalabrini 76 - Piacenza. The fundamental goal of MatER is to provide an in-depth portrayal of...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 14, 2015 11:10 AM
The conference will take place on Thursday 23 April, at the Hotel Melià, via Masaccio 19, Milan. Tiziano Mazzoni, Hera Group Environmental Services Director, will be attending. Sign up to...
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What's Ferrara's green secret? It's underground, where a geothermal basin feeds its district heating system. The result? 87% of the thermal energy distributed in the city is "clean" and we avoid about 22 thousand tonnes of CO 2 emissions.
A treasure is hiding under the soil of Ferrara. Not a chest full of gold coins nor a vault containing hidden works of art. It is a gift that nature gave this city. About two thousand metres under the Casaglia hamlet, there is a geothermal deposit from which water is drawn at around 100 °C. It is one of the world' s largest geothermal sources and a completely clean and renewable source of energy.
This natural treasure makes Ferrara's district heating one of the most advanced geothermal plants in Europe. This reservoir, in fact, supplies 43% of the thermal energy to a 160 km long network that serves about 25 thousand housing units. Thanks to geothermal energy, combined with the recovery of the heat generated by the Via Diana waste-to-energy plant, 87% of the heat we distribute in Ferrara is "green". This result is confirmed by the recent Carbon Footprint certification validated by SGS, according to which Hera district heating helps the city of Ferrara to save 22 thousand tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.
The Hera Group, partnered with Enel Green Power in a specially created temporary grouping of companies, has been managing this treasure trove of clean energy since the end of 2019. We began this process in 2017, when we obtained the concession to exploit the geothermal reservoir in the Ferrara subsoil, and we recently completed it by acquiring the Casaglia geothermal power plant. Thanks to this operation, we expect to increase the Ferrara district heating system's use of geothermal energy by a further 23% by 2023, compared to the 2016-2019 average.
In recent years, our strategy has had a single objective: to boost district heating in the city and create an advantage in both the residential and production markets. For example, under an agreement with the Municipality of Ferrara, customers who convert their systems, installing a district heating controller, already receive an 80% discount on the installation.
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