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Web Content Article on-date Apr 7, 2022 11:07 AM
2022-04-07 Bologna, 7 April 2022 – The following table contains the data concerning the shares outstanding and the number of voting rights representing the share capital as at 31 March 2022. ...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 6, 2022 9:59 AM
2022-04-06 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 on-date Apr 5, 2022 11:14 PM
The Board of Directors of Hera S.p.A., after meeting today, acknowledged the resignation of Stefano Venier as Chief Executive Officer. His resignation will become effective on 26 April 2022, and on...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 5, 2022 4:15 PM
No Online report Y2021 Bianco Si GRUPPO
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 5, 2022 12:36 PM
2022-04-05 The Board of Directors of Hera S.p.A., after meeting today, acknowledged the resignation of Stefano Venier as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, formally presented on 4 April 2022....
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 4, 2022 10:43 AM
statement-of-comprehensive-income.pdf cash-flow-statement.pdf HeraGroup-FY21-eng-18-31_0.pdf statement-of-financial-position.pdf net-debt.pdf statement-of-changes-in-net-equity.pdf...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 31, 2022 7:04 PM
First of all, I would like to congratulate the Chief Executive Officer Stefano Venier on his new appointment, which represents the right recognition of the great work he has done within the Hera...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 31, 2022 11:54 AM
SI Meeting of Hera shareholders: see you 28 April 2022 Find out more NO No Centrato
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 28, 2022 6:44 PM
During 2022 AGM, financial results as at 31/12/2021 will be approved and major fiscal year events will be presented to shareholders, with a special focus on CSR and creation of shared value key...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 28, 2022 1:06 PM
2022-03-28 Kindly note that the following documentation, pertaining to the Shareholders Meeting convened for 28 April 2022, is available to the public at the Company headquarters, on the authorised...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 25, 2022 2:34 AM
Financial Results 31 12 2021
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 25, 2022 2:32 AM
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 25, 2022 2:31 AM
Analyst presentation FY2021.pdf
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 23, 2022 8:33 PM
Sustainability report The 2022 Sustainability report was approved by the Board of Directors of the Hera Group on 21 March 2023 Immagine box BS2022 Find out more NO SI Gruppohera Nero
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 23, 2022 1:52 PM
The Hera Group closed the year 2021 with positive results, despite the complex scenario seen in Italy due to the ongoing Coronavirus emergency and, in the second half of the year, high volatility...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 23, 2022 10:19 AM
2022-03-23 The year ended positively, with all operating and financial indicators up compared to 2020. Financial solidity, the pursuit of sustainable development and the value creation for local...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Mar 9, 2022 10:07 PM
Sustainability report The 2023 Sustainability report was approved by the Board of Directors of the Hera Group on 26 March 2023 Group 21.png Find out more NO SI GruppoHera Bianco
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 4, 2022 10:39 AM
2022-03-04 (drafted pursuant to article 85-bis, paragraph 4-bis, of Consob Regulation 11971 / 14 May 1999) Communication of the overall amount of voting rights Bologna, 4 March 2022 - The...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 24, 2022 9:29 AM
2022-02-24 On the occasion of the tenth edition of this award, reserved for public utility companies, Hera received the first prize overall among the companies analysed, awarded today during an...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 25, 2022 9:18 AM
Top Utility According to Top Utility, we are the leading Italian utility in terms of economic and financial policies, sustainability, research and innovation, communication and the positive effects...
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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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