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Dow Jones Sustainability Index: Hera once again world sustainability leader in Multi-Utility & Water
Web Content Article on-date Nov 13, 2021 2:05 PM
2021-11-13 DJSI 2021 For the second year in a row, the Group leads its sector giving further recognition to Hera’s strategy, which combines attention towards sustainability with creating shared...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 12, 2021 12:02 PM
SI Back to the future: the new frontiers for people, companies and industrial systems Click here to view the best pictures from the Conference “Back to the future: the new frontiers for people,...
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SI Climate change: the global scenario and the strategic plans of ecosystems and companies Click here to view the best pictures from the Conference “Workshop - Climate change: the global scenario...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 11, 2021 2:19 PM
2021-11-11 The bid for the Modena area made by a temporary consortium led by Hera won thanks to its focus on sustainability, innovation and creating shared value. The contract with Atersir, the...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 12:00 PM
SI The bond issuances 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...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 12:00 PM
SI The Group’s issuances summary BONDS MATURITY (YEARS) MATURITY DATE ISSUE SIZE (€/MLN) OUTSTANDING (€/MLN) COUPON PAYMENT ANNUAL COUPON Green Bond Luxembourg Stock Exchange ExtraMOT PRO 10...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 10:11 AM
SI Rating and target price set by the analysts who follow Hera stock INSTITUTE MAY 2024 Banca Akros Buy 3.80 Banca Intesa Sanpaolo Buy 3.70 Equita SIM Hold 3.50 Intermonte Outperform 4.00 Kepler...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 10:11 AM
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 11:34 AM
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 11:34 AM
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 11:34 AM
SI Hera BoD approves results as at 31 March 2024 Q1 2024 financial results up, compared to the same period in 2023. The Group closed the first quarter of 2024 with all main economic results...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 11:57 AM
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 5-year duration of the financial liability...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 10:00 AM
No Hera business model The potential of the M&A market M&A: Hera track record To learn more: Divestments track record M&A Hera's history demonstrates the effectiveness of the model for...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 10:00 AM
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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 · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 9:40 AM
SI Mergers have been completed with multi-utilities held by public bodies, through share swaps with non-dilutive multiples. The entrance of new “partners” among shareholders has increased the...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 9:36 AM
As at 31 March 2024, 45.8% of the shares were owned by 111 public shareholders in the reference territory and 54.2% by floating shareholders, with a wide geographical diversification
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 9:47 AM
No Financial Outlook Market Outlook OUTLOOK 2024 In 2024, the Hera Group is committed both to its usual focus on efficiently managing the services provided and to searching for opportunities for...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 9:46 AM
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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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