Focus
Focus
Focus
Category Facet
Custom Facet
Search Results
-
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jun 3, 2022 2:34 PM
2022-06-06 Please note that the deed of execution dated 18 May 2022 relating to the issue by Hera S.p.A. of a 500 million euro Green Bond is available to the public at its registered office, on...
Comunicati stampa: Hera Spa Other press releases -
Web Content Article on-date May 18, 2022 5:53 PM
2022-05-18 Strong interest shown by international investors for the third “green bond” which will finance the sustainability projects of the multiutility in the areas of integrated water cycle,...
Comunicati stampa: Price sensitive Hera Spa -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 17, 2022 10:13 AM
2022-05-17 The new Green Financing Framework of the Hera Group, together with the “second party opinion” released by Sustainalytics, sets out the guidelines for issuance of green bonds and for new...
Comunicati stampa: Hera Spa Other press releases -
Web Content Article on-date May 12, 2022 1:48 PM
2022-05-12 Kindly note that as of today the minutes of the Shareholders Meeting held on 28 April 2022, as well as the articles of association containing the amendments approved by the...
Comunicati stampa: Shareholders’ meeting Hera Spa -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 11, 2022 2:54 PM
2022-05-11 In today's meeting, the Board of Directors – following the resignation of CEO Stefano Venier, announced on 5 April and effective as of 26 April 2022 – appointed Orazio Iacono by...
Comunicati stampa: Hera Spa Other press releases Price sensitive -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 11, 2022 3:26 PM
2022-05-11 The consolidated quarterly report at 31 March shows growth in revenues and Ebitda, proving the solidity and resilience of the Hera Group’s business model even in this difficult economic...
Comunicati stampa: Financial Results Hera Spa Price sensitive Other press releases -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 4, 2022 11:59 AM
2022-05-05 Hera continues to create shared value by focusing on the principles underlying a “fair transition” and is able to support the communities it serves in achieving sustainable development....
Comunicati stampa: Hera Spa Other press releases -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 28, 2022 9:48 AM
2022-04-28 On the twentieth anniversary of its foundation, the Group continues along the path of growth that has distinguished it since its establishment, confirming its commitment to sustainable...
Comunicati stampa: Shareholders’ meeting Hera Spa Price sensitive -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 27, 2022 10:37 AM
2022-04-26 As regards the appointment, by the Mayor of Bologna, of Mr. Orazio Iacono as member of the Board of Directors of Hera S.p.A., indicating him for the position of CEO, the company...
Comunicati stampa: Price sensitive Hera Spa Other press releases -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 22, 2022 12:24 PM
2022-04-22 A protocol has been signed to implement environmental sustainability and circular economy initiatives, reducing waste, recovering resources and optimising the water cycle to reduce...
Comunicati stampa: Hera Spa Other press releases -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 21, 2022 3:36 PM
2022-04-21 The country’s leading catering company and the Emilia-Romagna based multi-utility have forged a circular economy partnership Elior, Italy’s foremost catering company, and the Hera...
Comunicati stampa: Hera Spa Other press releases -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 21, 2022 2:03 PM
2022-04-21 The agreement aims to synergize the data collected by the networks in the gas-electricity multiservice area The results of this collaboration could be of interest to multi-utility...
Comunicati stampa: Hera Spa Other press releases -
Web Content Article on-date Apr 13, 2022 10:30 AM
2022-04-13 In addition to the information provided on 5 April 2022, Hera S.p.A., as requested by Consob, states the following: CEO Stefano Venier has resigned from his office, effective as of 26...
Comunicati stampa: Hera Spa Other press releases -
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. ...
Comunicati stampa: Shareholders’ meeting Hera Spa -
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...
Comunicati stampa: Shareholders’ meeting Financial Results Hera Spa Price sensitive -
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....
Comunicati stampa: Other press releases Hera Spa -
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...
Comunicati stampa: Price sensitive Hera Spa Financial Results -
Web Content Article on-date Feb 1, 2022 12:28 PM
2022-02-01 For the second time in a row, Hera has been awarded the S&P Global Gold Class Sustainability Award. This is the highest recognition reserved for listed companies included in the Dow...
Comunicati stampa: Price sensitive Other press releases Hera Spa -
Web Content Article · written-by Marco Beccati on-date Jan 27, 2022 11:01 AM
2022-01-27 The new five-year strategic document builds on the Group’s path of growth, with investments coming to over 3.8 billion and concrete energy transition and circular economy projects. The...
Comunicati stampa: Price sensitive Other press releases Hera Spa -
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...
Comunicati stampa: Price sensitive Hera Spa M&A
Asset Publisher
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.
![Focus](/documents/1514726/4185981/HERA-impianto-biometano_001__DSC9442.jpg/a1d3fb59-1e54-76fd-5d66-9c1a017997b8?t=1616418149128)
![Focus](/documents/1514726/4185981/HERA-impianto-biometano_006_DSC9769.jpg/7e43885e-f149-b70a-601c-bbf0190d36f5?t=1697701999088)
![Focus](/documents/1514726/4185981/HERA-impianto-biometano_008_DSC9776.jpg/2dcd89c3-d0c2-d5b9-ec84-8aa45ccba40e?t=1697702117831)
![Focus](/documents/1514726/4185981/HERA-impianto-biometano_011_DSC9789.jpg/6a2948fd-44a5-4732-69b2-69328804bdbc?t=1697702140836)
![Focus](/documents/4255042/4677834/HERA-impianto-biometano_011__DSC9789.jpg/9578a88c-03d5-31eb-8461-97912384cc08?t=1609166360528)
![Focus](/documents/4255042/4677834/HERA-impianto-biometano_020__DSC9959.jpg/01a24d70-1032-558a-02ad-c716457a5526?t=1609166360870)
![Focus](/documents/4255042/4677834/HERA-impianto-biometano_026__DSC9927.jpg/975b26d7-7003-c15a-d9c4-835a1bb438e3?t=1609166361168)
![Focus](/documents/4255042/4677834/HERA-impianto-biometano_028__DSC0016.jpg/81e503c6-a111-8228-d599-1853e55911b4?t=1609166361346)
![Focus](/documents/4255042/4677834/HERA-impianto-biometano_030__DSC0021.jpg/b4c3b9c2-6866-70bb-438b-03a60d46d883?t=1609166361643)
![Focus](/documents/4255042/4677834/HERA-impianto-biometano_031__DSC0023.jpg/6f8c1a0c-5933-4fbe-be49-a2c088c98f9d?t=1609166361947)
![Focus](/documents/4255042/4677834/HERA-impianto-biometano_032__DSC9813.jpg/c0876367-823d-f4d9-3fee-eeaf6675a0f2?t=1609166362269)
![Focus](/documents/4255042/4677834/HERA-impianto-biometano_038__DSC9846.jpg/df52cfeb-14c6-ad54-e00c-ac84b5c5d0eb?t=1609166362463)
![Focus](/documents/4255042/4677834/HERA-impianto-biometano_055__DSC0013.jpg/2d4cddde-cdfb-c72f-1db8-a7e04f285432?t=1609166362671)
![Focus](/documents/4255042/4677834/HERA-impianto-biometano_059__DSC0037.jpg/95479aef-8e3a-0dbb-4edc-60a99288abf5?t=1609166362893)
![Focus](/documents/4255042/4677834/HERA-impianto-biometano_069__DSC9913.jpg/27d3b849-8ab4-b66e-2cbd-98c848c76e0c?t=1609166363227)
Search Bar
Search Results
Asset Publisher