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Web Content Article on-date Jun 18, 2020 1:04 PM
2020-06-18 Today, Hera acquired 4,688,231 Ascopiave shares from A2A, equivalent to 2% of the share capital, for a price set at 3.905 euro per share and a total of roughly 18.3 million euro. Today,...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 18, 2020 1:04 PM
2020-06-18 Today, Hera acquired 4,688,231 Ascopiave shares from A2A, equivalent to 2% of the share capital, for a price set at 3.905 euro per share and a total of roughly 18.3 million euro. Hera...
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Web Content Article on-date May 11, 2020 9:49 AM
2020-05-13 Q1 2020 results The consolidated quarterly report at 31 March shows growth in results, thanks to the contribution coming from the Group's main business areas. Value continues to be...
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Web Content Article on-date May 13, 2020 3:19 PM
2020-05-13 In a meeting held today, Hera S.p.A.'s Board of Directors assessed the independence of its own members, appointed by the Shareholders Meeting convened for 29 April 2020. Based on...
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Web Content Article on-date May 21, 2020 11:29 AM
2020-05-07 The focus of the 2019 Sustainability Report goes to the areas served and the creation of shared value. The Group thus confirms its efforts in responding to today's environmental and...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 23, 2020 9:32 AM
2020-03-25 Financial results as at 31/12/2019 The Group, included one year ago in the FTSE MIB, closed the year with improvement in all main results, continuing along its path of uninterrupted...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 13, 2019 11:30 AM
2019-11-13 NexMeter_450x.1573641982.jpg The 2019 European Utility Week includes a preview of the new smart gas meter 4.0, provided with advanced technology and functions, and features that are...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 11, 2019 4:11 PM
2019-11-13 Results as at 30 September 2019 The Group closed the first nine months of the year with particularly positive results, higher than expectations, and with the third quarter showing...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 25, 2019 11:38 AM
2019-07-30 Results for 1H 2019 A highly positive half-year, thanks to the organic growth achieved in all business areas. At the same time, intense activity in external development and an increase...
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Web Content Article on-date May 14, 2019 9:48 AM
2019-05-15 Results as at 31 March 2019 Consolidated 1Q report shows growing results and a positive contribution coming from all main business areas, in particular the water cycle and gas. Focus on...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 28, 2019 9:23 AM
2019-03-28 Kindly note that the following documentation, pertaining to the Shareholders Meeting convened for 30 April 2019, is available to the public at company headquarters, the authorised...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 25, 2019 9:34 AM
2019-03-27 Results at 31/12/2018 The multi-utility, included as of Monday 18 March in the FTSE MIB, closed the year with all main results improving beyond expectations, reaching the milestone of a...
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 28, 2019 12:07 PM
2019-01-28 Calendar of events CALENDAR OF CORPORATE EVENTS (*) In accordance with art. 2.6.2 (Required Reporting) of the "Rules of the markets organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A.",...
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 7, 2019 10:13 AM
2019-01-10 Based on solid forecast for 2018, which significantly exceeded the goal of one billion in Ebitda, this new strategic plan confirms the path of uninterrupted growth achieved by the Group...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 23, 2018 1:59 PM
2018-11-23 This partnership will allow the oil collected by Hera (800 tons in 2017) to be converted into Eni Green Diesel at Eni's Venice bio-refinery. The environmental benefits are significant,...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 6, 2018 2:49 PM
2018-11-08 Results as at 30 September 2018 Consolidated 3Q results at 30 September confirm the growth in operating and financial indicators already seen in the first half of the year, with positive...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 6, 2018 11:45 AM
2018-09-06 Logo_Thomson_Reuters_250x_s1_1507625922.1533221375.jpg Conceived to provide orientation for investors showing interest towards companies committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 26, 2018 11:53 AM
2018-07-30 Results as at 30 June 2018 The consolidated half-year report at 30 June confirms growth in operating and financial indicators, in line with the first quarter, with a positive...
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Web Content Article on-date May 18, 2018 2:21 PM
2018-05-17 Stefano_Venier.1534258940.jpg After launching the first green bond in 2014, the Group now confirms its place at the nations' forefront in the use of new sustainable financial...
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Web Content Article on-date May 7, 2018 11:37 AM
2018-05-10 Results as at 31 March 2018 The consolidated quarterly report at 31 March shows growth in all operating and financial indicators, with a positive contribution coming from all business...
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Modena's smart purification plant is COSTANCE, the prototype of the purification plant of Granarolo dell'Emilia. Two outstanding examples of sustainable water resource management.
The watchword is innovation. To protect the environment and those who live in it, and to provide quality services.
That's always been our belief. But there's more. We need to add another watchword: resilience, the ability to cope with change. And when we speak of climate change, we have learned that innovation and resilience are inseparable. The most modern technologies allow us, in fact, to face sudden changes, turning to prevention, the ability to predict causes and consequences, acting in advance.
Following this principle, and as the second-ranking Italian operator in terms of volumes of water sold, we have earmarked Euro 830 million for smart technologies in our Business Plan for 2023. In fact, the networks and plants of the water cycle are subjected to increasing stress due to the ongoing climate change, and only our ability to adapt and innovate, has made us an Italian excellence in the industry.
The investments we have made are 20% higher than the Italian average - almost Euro 176 million in 2019 alone – and reaffirm our commitment to a circular and regenerative economy, starting with water.
In particular, by complying with the requests of the United Nations Global Compact on the sustainable management of water resources, we remain committed to continuously innovate the service to achieve its gradual decarbonisation. This happens not only by using only renewable energy but also through energy efficiency projects and optimisation of the processes involved in the treatment.
There are two virtuous examples we are particularly proud of, the Modena treatment plant and that of Granarolo dell'Emilia (Bologna).
THE SMART TREATMENT PLANT IN MODENA
Blue water, clear water. This is the refrain that welcomes to Modena's smart treatment plant. Its new predictive system, unique in Italy, enables us to improve the quality of the water we return to the environment and to further reduce the energy consumption of our wastewater treatment plant.
Here, technological innovation, integrated systems, and efficient use of resources are at the forefront.
The project, developed together with Energy Way (the company that develops mathematical models for the efficient and sustainable development of businesses), created a system capable of controlling the oxidation process, a fundamental phase of the wastewater treatment cycle, anticipating the needs of the plant's activities. In fact, the requirements vary according to the water flow rate and the concentration of organic pollutants. The smart controller anticipates, 30 minutes in advance, the condition of the plant and acts beforehand to avoid the concentration of pollutants or energy peaks.
The pilot project has yielded positive results, which we are proud of. The Modena treatment plant, which can cope with the needs of 500,000 inhabitants, recorded a 16% decrease in energy used in the oxidation process, compared to a traditional control system, and a further 8.1% decrease in the presence of nitrogen in the outgoing water (a parameter already below the regulatory limits).
WELCOME TO CONSTANCE, PROTOTYPE OF THE GRANAROLO DELL’EMILIA TREATMENT PLANT
It's just been born, but it's looking very promising. We are talking about CONSTANCE (COntrollo iNtelligente e geSTione Automatizzata per il trattameNto di aCque rEflue). The system is the fruit of a partnership between Hera Group and ENEA (Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente), is based on machine learning technologies, and can reduce energy and water treatment plant management costs by more than 30%. The prototype has reached a level 7 technological maturity and is ready for industrialisation; the first tests were successfully carried out in our treatment plant in Granarolo dell'Emilia (Bologna).
CONSTANCE's main innovative feature enables us to remotely manage multiple treatment plants and to estimate in real-time the percentage of pollutants entering the plant, such as nitrogen, reducing them and thus returning cleaner water.
"At Hera, we place technological innovation among the fundamental pillars of our management and development strategy. With this in mind, in 2017 we formed a partnership with ENEA to build projects of common interest," says Franco Fogacci, Water Director of Hera. "The experimental test project of ENEA's CONSTANCE controller at our treatment plant will allow us both to further develop skills, know-how, and transfer new technologies into real applications on an industrial scale, for the benefit of citizens and the environment", he concludes.
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