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Web Content Article on-date Mar 9, 2018 9:21 AM
2018-03-07 MMS_Megas870_1520433311_1533042726.1533218896.png Today, the two companies' Shareholders Meetings approved, in an extraordinary session, the project for merger by incorporation of...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 8, 2018 10:32 AM
2018-02-08 Nuova_Palazzina_1_870x.1533219586.jpg Based in Pescara, the company operates in gas and electricity sales, with roughly 17,000 customers in the Marche and Abruzzo regions, to be added to...
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 3, 2018 4:46 PM
2018-01-02 sede_HERA.1501171881.jpg (list drew up in accordance with article n. 143-quater, subparagraph 5, of the CONSOB regulation n. 11971/99) List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% Data...
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 21, 2017 10:57 AM
2017-12-21 Stefano_Venier.1534411037.jpg Thanks to this operation, Italgas will further reinforce its presence in Sardinia while Hera continues its process of rationalising Group. Italgas and Hera...
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 14, 2017 3:03 PM
2017-12-14 Tomaso_Tommasi_di_Vignano.1509632134.1534411389.jpg Today, Herambiente completed the purchase of a further 40% of the Treviso company's shares, and the ensuing change in governance. The...
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 3, 2018 4:32 PM
2017-12-05 Nuova_Palazzina_870x.1533216684.jpg (list drew up in accordance with article n. 143-quater, subparagraph 5, of the CONSOB regulation n. 11971/99) List of shareholders with a stake of...
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 3, 2018 4:32 PM
2017-11-06 sede_HERA.1501171881.jpg (list drew up in accordance with article n. 143-quater, subparagraph 5, of the CONSOB regulation n. 11971/99) List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% Data...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 3, 2017 1:05 PM
2017-04-03 870_Aliplast.1501171633.jpg Herambiente's purchase of the first 40% of shares of the Treviso-based company, a national leader in plastic recycling, was completed today. A further 40%...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 6, 2017 6:34 PM
2017-03-06 870_Aliplast.1501171634.jpg Thanks to this operation, whose enterprise value amounts to roughly € 100 million, the Hera Group confirms its position among Italy's leaders in recycling and...
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 31, 2017 9:33 AM
2017-01-30 Thanks to the purchase made by Group subsidiary Waste Recycling of the plant sector of the Pisa company Teseco, a primary figure in industrial waste treatment and recovery, Herambiente,...
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 11, 2017 11:19 AM
2017-01-11 870_Aliplast.1501171634.jpg The Ospedaletto di Istrana (Treviso) company, a national leader in plastic recycling, becomes part of the Hera Group, which thus confirms itself as one of...
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Web Content Article on-date Oct 11, 2016 3:50 PM
2016-10-11 sede_HERA.1501171971.jpg Hera: placement of new bonds under the EMTN programme for Euro 400 million Following the press releases dated respectively 29 September and 6 October 2016,...
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Web Content Article on-date Oct 6, 2016 11:59 AM
2016-10-06 heracomm_gransasso.1501232997.png The Hera Group consolidates its presence in the Abruzzo region, purchasing the gas and electricity sales company active primarily in the areas...
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Web Content Article on-date Oct 6, 2016 4:50 PM
2016-10-06 sede_HERA.1501171971.jpg Hera: placement of new bonds under the EMTN programme for Euro 400 million Not increased the overall indebtedness of the Group Today, Hera S.p.A (the "Company")...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 8, 2016 9:59 AM
2016-04-08 riunione_.1469545191.jpg Hera Comm has completed its acquisition of 100% ownership of the gas and electricity sales company. Through this purchase, the Hera Group acquires new customers...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 10, 2016 5:20 PM
2016-03-10 riunione_.1469543703.jpg Hera Group reinforces its presence in Abruzzo thanks to the acquisition tender for the gas and electricity sales company held by the Municipality of Giulianova....
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 11, 2016 10:44 AM
2016-01-11 bp to 2019 eng.png A Plan once again envisaging growth, aimed at a 2019 EBITDA of over € 1 billion. Development to be based on a balanced mixture of internal growth and M&A, including...
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An investment of Euro 37 million. A plant that disposes of 100 thousand tonnes of organic waste produced by separate waste collection and another 35 thousand tonnes coming from green waste and pruning material.
An investment of Euro 37 million. A plant that disposes of 100 thousand tonnes of organic waste produced by separate waste collection and another 35 thousand tonnes coming from green waste and pruning material. And that, once "digested", produce 7.5 million cubic meters of biomethane fuel that is 100% renewable and 20 thousand tonnes of compost.
These numbers tell the success story of our state-of-the-art plant in Sant'Agata Bolognese, just outside Bologna: the latest great and ambitious project to add to our long list of waste treatment facilities (89 in total, including waste-to-energy plants, composters, and sorting plants). With one big goal: to relaunch the challenge of renewables on an industrial scale and make this plant a reference structure for green energy in Europe.
Biomethane: a clean resource of biological origin
But what makes this natural gas source organic? Simply, the way to get it: not by drilling for hidden deposits in the deepest parts of the Earth but by fermenting organic waste in plants designed to do so. Biomethane can, therefore, be produced for as long as you want, it is endless, and production can be increased simply by building other plants. Making the process one of the purest examples of the circular economy.
In Spilamberto, a biodigester converted into a biomethane plant
An innovative plant for the production of biomethane came into operation in October 2023 in Spilamberto, in the Modena area. It was created by NewCo Biorg, the result of the partnership between the Hera Group and the Inalca company (Cremonini Group), thanks to a total investment of approximately 28 million euros and the use of the best available technologies.
Starting from the separate collection of organic waste and agri-food wastewater, the plant - created from the conversion of an old biodigester - produces 3.7 million cubic meters of biomethane every year when fully operational, a 100% renewable fuel intended for transport, and approximately 18 thousand tons of compost.
A cutting-edge plant for the energy transition and the circular economy
The 100% renewable natural gas is produced in the plant from the anaerobic digestion of organic waste coming from the separate collection carried out mainly in Modena and its district, from the waste resulting from the manufacturing process of the local agri-food industry and from the production process of Inalca's meat. Once refined, it becomes biomethane and can be introduced into the gas network.
The environmental benefits are important: around 7 thousand tonnes of CO₂ are avoided
Thanks to the introduction of biomethane into the network and its use in transport, significant environmental benefits are estimated: every year the use of approximately 3 thousand tonnes of fossil fuel oil equivalent (TOE) will be saved and CO₂ emissions will be avoided for approximately 7 thousand tons. To absorb such a quantity of CO₂, an average of 280 thousand trees would be needed.
What happens in our sant’agata facility
Organic waste, obtained through separate waste collection, is processed by anaerobic digestion to produce biogas. How? The waste, shredded and screened, remains for about 21 days in 4 horizontal digesters, where suitable microorganisms carry out the digestion process to produce biogas (consisting of natural gas and carbon dioxide).
Then the biogas is upgraded using pressurized water to dissolve the carbon dioxide and separate the natural gas. The result is biomethane, a gas with a methane content of over 95% and a completely renewable energy source.
But that's not all. At the end of the digestion process, wood-cellulosic material is added to the resulting solid matter to obtain a compact mass that is sent to composting, to produce quality compost, which can be used as potting soil for vases or as a fertiliser in agriculture.
Come find out more about our Sant'Agata Bolognese plant.
Biomethane is, therefore, another revolution based on the circular economy, which all of us in the Hera Group want to pursue. Again, to create shared value, as Herambiente's CEO, Andrea Ramonda, is determined to emphasize:
“The direction we have taken addresses the industrial world as increasingly oriented towards creating shared value and partnerships. We are aware that sustainable waste management, focused on the recovery of waste and compliant with the rules, is an essential factor in today's world, and one that delivers benefits to the entire community).
The idea of the exhibition came from the photographic project commissioned in 2018 to Silvia Camporesi on the occasion of the work being done on the Sant'Agata Bolognese site. The report has been enriched with other shots, thus becoming the complete story of the development of the plant.
The exhibition consists of 11 large-format photographic works which reveal where and how waste takes another form and becomes biofuel. Technology, innovation, industrial process, efficiency, circularity are the messages underlying each of the images captured by the artist.
Silvia Camporesi visited the plant every month for a whole year, documenting the evolution and changes to the facility.
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