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Ferpi promoted the conference "Sustainability reporting - Best practices and case studies", held on 19 June in Milan at the headquarters of Banca Mediolanum from 16:00 to 18:30. During the event...
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Aism - Associazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla, Butterfly ONLUS, D.i.Re - Donne in Rete contro la violenza, Fondazione ANT Italia ONLUS e Save the Children. These are the five non-profit...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 1, 2019 10:54 AM
Hera is among the promoters of the Circular Economy Network, a project promoted by the Sustainable Development Foundation and by a group of companies and associations involved in the transition to...
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"The CSR and Social Innovation Fair", Italy's most important event in the field of sustainability, returns to Bocconi University in Milan this year on 2nd and 3rd October. The central theme of this...
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On 20 September, at the ALTIS business school, CSR Manager Network, in association with WBCSD and ASviS, is organising a meeting entitled: "Aligning corporate strategy with the SDGs: risks and...
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The integration of sustainability into business at a strategic level and in the various operational processes is a lever that can help companies achieve long-term profitability targets, become more...
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From 21 to 23 September 2016, Herambiente's Reclamation division will once again take centre stage with an updated stand at the Ferrara trade fair during the Italian event specialised in the...
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Why is it important for businesses to assess social impacts in the region? What strategic value might this have? What is the most effective methodological approach? Companies and experts in the...
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ALTIS (Alta Scuola Impresa e Società) presents the event "Creating and measuring shared value", which will take place on Wednesday, 25 May, from 9.30am to 1pm at our headquarters at via San Vittore...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 10, 2015 11:54 AM
Protected Safe Bathing Area With a unique event in Italy Tuesday, 23 JUNE 2015 VIA FIUMICINO s.n.c., SANTA GIUSTINA DI RIMINI 10.30 am WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF: Andrea Gnassi, Mayor of Rimini...
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Web Content Article on-date May 14, 2015 11:29 AM
Programme of the day: 9:30 a.m. Welcome Coffee 10.00 a.m. Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano Executive Chairman Opening session 10.15 a.m. Filippo Bocchi Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Hera...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 18, 2015 2:51 PM
The online conference (at 15.00), organised by CSR Europe in conjunction with Impronta Etica, Fondazione Sodalitas e Business for Society Belgium, represents a new opportunity for comparing and...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 18, 2015 10:17 AM
24 February 2015 - 14.30 - Sala Pio XI - Cattolica University, L.go Gemelli, Milan. The results of two studies, promoted by the CSR Manager Network, will be presented during the event: the first,...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 24, 2015 11:41 AM
Marco Beccati 2015-02-01 Marco Beccati sede_hera_110.1592477872.1603377620.jpg 630 00:00:00 00:00:00 From 1 February to 14 June 2015, Hera will be a partner of the "Boldini: lo spettacolo della...
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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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