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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 15, 2022 3:20 PM
2022-12-19 The Group is among the top positions in the international ranking of Utility Networks assessed by S&P Global for its focus on sustainability and its ability to create shared value by...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 15, 2022 2:59 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 14, 2022 11:33 AM
No Find out more about the historic buildings of the Lego model The MAN Gasometer is the only one left of the 5 gasometers of the Bologna Gas Workshop in which the gas was stored before being...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Aug 31, 2023 10:24 AM
The Hera Group is confirmed in 2022, for the third year in a row, to be ranked first in the Multi-Utility&Water sector of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for sustainability performance in...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 7, 2022 3:14 PM
2022-12-10 For the third year in a row, Hera has been confirmed as world leader in the Multi-Utility & Water sector, providing further recognition of the Group’s twenty-year strategy that combines...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 12, 2022 11:22 AM
For the third consecutive year, we are the top-ranking company in the Multi-Utility & Water sector of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for sustainability performance in all three...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 12, 2022 11:28 AM
For the third consecutive year, we are the top-ranking company in the Multi-Utility & Water sector of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for sustainability performance in all three...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 1, 2022 12:02 PM
2022-12-01 Ascopiave partially exercised the put option on its investment in EstEnergy, selling 8% of the capital to Hera Comm, the majority shareholder. Subsequent to the transaction, the Hera...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Aug 31, 2023 10:25 AM
Increasingly sustainable trade fair events for Italian Exhibition Group (IEG), which, among the first Companies in the sector at the European level, has managed to add ISO 20121 certification to...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Nov 29, 2022 3:27 PM
2022-11-29 The partnership between the two companies, which won the public tender called by Asco Holding, is a strategic milestone in the evolution of the business portfolio of the two groups in...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 10, 2022 11:15 AM
HerAcademy Workshop 2022 Programme.pdf
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 10, 2022 11:05 AM
SI Workshop - Procurements: rethinking value chains to address global crises SPAZIOHERA at the Hera Group premises Viale Carlo Berti Pichat no. 2/4, Bologna, 5th December 2022 THE PROGRAMME 2.30 pm...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 10, 2022 10:59 AM
Grande Nero Workshop - Procurements: rethinking value chains to address global crises SPAZIOHERA at the Hera Group premises Viale Carlo Berti Pichat no. 2/4, Bologna, 5<sup>th</sup> December 2022...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Sep 29, 2023 12:45 PM
SI Workshop - Intelligence of the future: new horizons to guide the relationship between human and artificial intelligence SPAZIOHERA at the Hera Group premises Viale Carlo Berti Pichat no. 2/4,...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 3, 2023 11:23 AM
HerAcademy Workshop 2023 Programme.pdf Background Paper ENG_Rita Cucchiara.pdf
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 10, 2022 9:39 AM
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 9, 2022 3:50 PM
Financial highlights Ebitda* at 875 million euro (+2.4%) Net result* at 248 million euro (-5.6%) Net financial debt at 4,489 million euro, with net debt/Ebitda* at 3.62x Investments increase...
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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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