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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jun 14, 2023 11:39 AM
2023-06-14 Hera achieves second place in the overall ranking published by the index measuring the degree to which ESG factors are integrated within the governance of Italy’s top 100 listed...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 15, 2023 11:00 AM
2023-05-15 Kindly note that as of today the minutes of the Shareholders Meeting held on 27 April 2023 are available at company headquarters, on the Hera Group’s website...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date May 10, 2023 3:30 PM
2023-05-10 The Board of Directors of Hera S.p.A. met today and assessed the independence of all members, appointed by the Shareholders Meeting held on 27 April 2023. Based on the declarations made...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 10, 2023 12:10 PM
2023-05-10 The consolidated quarterly report at 31 March shows growth in the main operating-financial indicators, once again proving the financial solidity and strength of the Group’s...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 5, 2023 4:41 PM
2023-05-04 The multi-utility’s 2022 Sustainability Report confirms its commitment to a just transition. Pursuing carbon neutrality, regenerating resources, enabling resilience and innovating remain...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 27, 2023 10:01 AM
2023-04-27 The Group continues along its path of growth, creating value shareholders and the local areas served. Cristian Fabbri appointed Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and Orazio...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Apr 20, 2023 3:20 PM
2023-04-21 Please note that the deed of execution dated April 13, 2023 relating to the issue by Hera S.p.A. of a 600 million euro Sustainability-linked Bond, 10 years, due 2033, is available to...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 13, 2023 5:31 PM
2023-04-14 Strong interest of international investors for the second sustainability-linked bond of the multiutility, for an amount equal to Euro 600 million and a maturity of 10 years, which...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 12, 2023 10:33 AM
2023-04-12 Hera S.p.A. (the “Company”) announces that on the date hereof the update of its Euro Medium Term Notes programme has been completed, with the increase from euro 3.5 billion to euro 4.5...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 5, 2023 12:59 PM
2023-04-06 Kindly note that the following documentation, pertaining to the Shareholders Meeting convened for 27 April 2023, is available to the public at the Company headquarters, on the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Apr 5, 2023 12:55 PM
2023-04-06 The minority lists containing candidates for the appointment of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors, accompanied by the respective documents required by current...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 4, 2023 12:54 PM
2023-04-06 Bologna, 6 April 2023 – The following table contains the data concerning the shares outstanding and the number of voting rights representing the share capital as at 31 March 2023. ...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 4, 2023 11:34 AM
2023-04-05 Kindly note that the following documents, approved by the Hera S.p.A. Board of Directors, have been made available to the public at company headquarters, on the website...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 4, 2023 9:41 AM
2023-04-03 The regional government has awarded funding for 19.5 million euros for the development of a hub that will produce up to 400 tonnes of hydrogen per year from water and renewable energy...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 21, 2023 12:47 PM
2023-03-21 The year ended positively, with growth in the main operating and financial indicators. The Group’s financial solidity and its multi-business industrial model allowed it to maintain a low...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 14, 2023 10:19 AM
2023-03-14 The transaction represents a strategic step in the business portfolio evolution of both the groups in the IT-TLC sector, in line with their respective industrial plans. Today, the Hera...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 9, 2023 11:28 AM
2023-03-09 The recognition came today in Milan, during the eleventh edition of the Prize that analyses and valorises the performance of the most important Italian companies in the utility sector. ...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 7, 2023 12:27 PM
2023-03-08 The majority lists of candidates for the appointment of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors, accompanied by the relevant documentation required by the regulations...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 8, 2023 10:06 AM
2023-03-08 With reference to the binding agreement signed on 7 November 2022, the partnership was finalised today between Hera and ACR, one of Italy’s leading companies in the sector of...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 2, 2023 4:00 PM
2023-03-02 Hera S.p.A.’s Public shareholders syndicate committee met today and approved the lists of candidates for the position of members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory...
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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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