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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 28, 2022 1:13 PM
SI Shareholders are asked to attend the Extraordinary and Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting at the head office of Hera S.p.A. - Viale C. Berti Pichat no. 2/4, Bologna - on 28 April 2021 at 10.00 on a...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 25, 2021 11:41 AM
SI Shareholders are asked to attend the Extraordinary and Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting at the head office of Hera S.p.A. - Viale C. Berti Pichat no. 2/4, Bologna - on 28 April 2022 at 10.00 am on...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 25, 2021 11:40 AM
DOCUMENTS ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING OF 28 APRIL 2022 Report of the Board of Directors on the issue at item 1 on the agenda - Extraordinary Session Report of the Board of Directors on...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 28, 2022 1:21 PM
DOCUMENTS ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING OF 28 APRIL 2021 Report of the Board of Directors on the issue at item 1 on the agenda - Extraordinary session.pdf Report of the Board of Directors...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 24, 2021 9:47 PM
Sustainability Report 2020 The 2020 sustainability report was approved by the Hera Group Board of Directors on 24 March 2021 box_bs (1).png Find out more NO SI Gruppohera Nero
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 24, 2021 9:47 PM
Interactive annual report at 31/12/2020 The consolidated economic results at 31 December 2020 were approved by the Board of Directors of the Hera Group on 24 March 2021 box_be.png Find out more NO...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 23, 2021 6:00 PM
SI The bond issues and contracted loans are adequate to meet the Group's investment needs and, at the same time, are obtained at competitive conditions, without any interest rate risk. Current cash...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 23, 2021 6:01 PM
SI The Group’s emissions summary BONDS MATURITY (YEARS) MATURITY DATE ISSUE SIZE (€/MLN) OUTSTANDING (€/MLN) COUPON PAYMENT ANNUAL COUPON Bond Luxembourg Stock Exchange 8 04/10/2021 500.0 249.9...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 23, 2021 6:11 PM
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 23, 2021 6:11 PM
Press release Y2020.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements 2020 Analyst Presentation Y2020.pdf Economic data Y2020.xls Factsheet Y2020.pdf Audioconference Y2020.mp3
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 23, 2021 6:11 PM
SI Hera BoD approves financial results as at 31 December 2020 Hera Group closed the 2020 financial year with positive results, as well as in all quarters, despite the particularly complex period...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 23, 2021 6:02 PM
SI Financial Results 1Q2021 Go to site Financial Results Y2020 Go to site Business plan to 2024 Go to site NO No Sinistra
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Web Content Article · written-by THOMAS CECCONI on-date Jul 5, 2023 10:48 AM
SI Market cap (min € as 31/12/22) Shares issued (min) To learn more: Share capital evolution 2003-2023 Share capital variation 2024 Group share capital stable at Euro 1,489,538,745 2023 Group...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Mar 23, 2021 5:14 PM
SI To learn more: Share capital evolution 2003-2022 Share capital variation 2023 Group share capital stable at Euro 1,489,538,745 2022 Group share capital stable at Euro 1,489,538,745 2021 Group...
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Web Content Article · written-by THOMAS CECCONI on-date Mar 23, 2021 5:09 PM
SI 2023 dividend (to be paid in June 2024): 14.0 €cent Dividend expected to 2027: 16 €cent Hera, thanks to the increased cash flow expected by the new business plan, foresees a constantly...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 23, 2021 5:50 PM
SI Hera applies a balanced policy between fixed and variable rate, in order to seize the opportunities offered by the market, while maintaining an average 6 year duration of the financial liability...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Mar 23, 2021 4:31 PM
SI The Group has achieved significant, continuous and uninterrupted growth, leading it to increase its size by almost seven times in 20 years. This is therefore a story of growth, low risk and...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Mar 23, 2021 4:27 PM
SI The Group has adopted a traditional governance model, based on a Board of Directors marked by: an integrated system, strongly oriented towards sustainability (mission, code of ethics, Ethics and...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 24, 2021 12:41 PM
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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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