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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jun 11, 2024 1:21 PM
2024-06-11 The Hera Group, through its subsidiary operating in the natural gas distribution sector, strengthens its presence in the area served centrata This morning, at the Hera Group’s...
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Web Content Article · written-by Mario Egidio on-date May 26, 2024 12:35 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date May 15, 2024 10:22 AM
Through its subsidiary Inrete Distribuzione Energia, the Group was awarded the tender for the gas distribution plants and network serving the municipality of Argenta in Ferrara area
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jan 25, 2024 2:07 PM
2024-01-25 With the acquisition of 70% of the Piacenza-based company, the Group reinforces its leadership in the waste management sector. This transaction, at full capacity, is expected to...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 10, 2023 11:49 AM
2023-11-10 Following Ascopiave’s partial exercise of the put option, the Hera Group, through its subsidiary Hera Comm, now holds 75% of EstEnergy, the largest energy operator in North-Eastern Italy...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Sep 27, 2023 10:17 AM
2023-09-27 The merger deed was signed today and follows the acquisition, last March, of 92% of Asco TLC by the Hera Group subsidiary and Ascopiave. The transaction will strengthen Acantho’s...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jul 27, 2023 4:58 PM
2023-07-27 The merger leads to the strengthening of Acantho's position in the IT-TLC sector: thanks to Asco TLC's cutting-edge skills and infrastructure, the digital company expands its assets and...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jul 6, 2023 9:52 AM
2023-07-06 This transaction, strongly linked to the local social and industrial fabric, represents a major new commitment made by the Group to promote the energy transition and decarbonisation in...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jun 29, 2023 9:24 AM
2023-06-29 Through its subsidiary Hera Comm, the Group has acquired 60% of the long-standing Rimini-based company, a reference point for technological systems and renewable energy throughout Italy,...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 14, 2023 10:19 AM
2023-03-14 The transaction represents a strategic step in the business portfolio evolution of both the groups in the IT-TLC sector, in line with their respective industrial plans. Today, the Hera...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 8, 2023 10:06 AM
2023-03-08 With reference to the binding agreement signed on 7 November 2022, the partnership was finalised today between Hera and ACR, one of Italy’s leading companies in the sector of...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 29, 2022 2:26 PM
2022-12-29 Following the press release issued on 29th November 2022, the Hera Group and the Ascopiave Group herein announce that today they have signed the contract deliverables governing the...
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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 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 7, 2022 3:52 PM
2022-11-07 The binding agreement signed today provides for the acquisition by the Hera Group of 60% of ACR, based in Modena and leader in the remediation and industrial waste treatment sector. ...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jun 29, 2022 3:42 PM
2022-06-30 With the acquisition of 70% of this long-standing company based in the Marche region, the Hera Group subsidiary expects a 10% increase in turnover and a 5% rise in Ebitda, when in full...
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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 Sep 10, 2021 4:38 PM
2021-09-13 By acquiring this Veneto-based company, the Hera Group has further consolidated its leadership in the waste management sector. From this and two similar transactions completed in the...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 9, 2021 1:01 PM
2021-09-09 Through its subsidiary EstEnergy, the Group has acquired 11% of the share capital of Ascotrade, a gas and electricity sales company, from Bim Gsp, now controlling it entirely. This...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 30, 2021 7:28 AM
2021-06-30 The Hera Group has consolidated its leadership in industrial waste treatment and extended its scope of operations in northern Italy thanks to the acquisition of this Friuli-based...
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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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