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Web Content Article on-date May 11, 2021 5:43 PM
2021-05-11 Sede Hera Following the press release dated 4 May 2021, Hera S.p.A. (the “Company”) announces the final results of the partial tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) addressed to the holders...
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Web Content Article on-date May 7, 2021 4:31 PM
2021-05-10 Sede Hera On Friday 7 May, Standard & Poor’s upgraded Hera’s rating to BBB+ with a stable outlook, in recognition of the path of growth achieved over the years and the Group's results...
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Web Content Article on-date May 7, 2021 9:54 AM
2021-05-07 Sede Hera Kindly note that as of today the minutes of the Shareholders Meeting held on 28 April 2021, as well as the articles of association containing the amendments approved by the...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 28, 2021 10:50 AM
2021-04-28 Solid fundamentals and growth in results, thanks to good operating, financial and fiscal management. Focus on creating shared value for stakeholders and local areas confirmed, reinforced...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 24, 2021 11:21 AM
2021-03-24 Results as at 31 December 2020 The year ended positively, despite the nationwide impact coming from the Coronavirus emergency, during which Hera stood by its stakeholders and provided...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 1, 2021 3:00 PM
2021-02-26 The Hera Group ranks among the most “talent-friendly” companies, for the fifth consecutive year, according to the Swedish research firm Potentialpark. Recognition comes once again for...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 26, 2021 9:52 AM
2021-02-24 Yet another recognition for the Group in this area. This prize, which analyses and valorises the best performances of Italy’s public service companies, was awarded today during the...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 22, 2021 2:27 PM
2021-02-22 Depuratore Gruppo Hera Snam and Hera announce that they have signed a Letter of Intent for a technological collaboration aimed at developing hydrogen, for their own areas of activity...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 8, 2021 1:53 PM
2021-02-08 The Group has received Gold Class status for ranking as "Industry leader" in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, one of the world's most authoritative stock market indices assessing ESG...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 8, 2021 9:15 AM
2021-02-04 Aimed at contributing to decarbonising the agriculture sector, Hera has signed a memorandum intended to study the feasibility of a project for generating and using green hydrogen, linked...
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 27, 2021 1:40 PM
2021-01-27 Once again, for the second consecutive year, Hera has been included in this index, which measures gender equality and the promotion of diversity and inclusion. The Hera Group pays close...
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 25, 2021 2:44 PM
2021-01-25 Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano The Group, after gaining recognition as the best company in Italy in 2020, has once again obtained this certification of excellence in managing human resources....
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Web Content Article on-date Oct 29, 2020 2:54 PM
2020-10-29 Hera Group's and Maire Tecnimont Group's subsidiaries sign strategic agreement to build plant with NextChem's proprietary MyReplastTM technology Through upcycling process, the plant can...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 28, 2020 4:38 PM
2020-09-28 Circula economy The Group, whose strategy is built around innovative and sustainable development guided by a circular economy, is now part of this Alliance. Hera has also been included...
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 19, 2019 5:41 PM
2019-12-19 The transaction between the two companies, finalised today, marks the birth, through EstEnergy, of the largest energy operator in North-Eastern Italy, whose BoD was also appointed....
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 30, 2019 8:53 PM
2019-07-30 GH_ASCOPIAVE_870.1565011002.jpg Today, the Boards of Directors of Hera S.p.A. and Ascopiave S.p.A., the latter based on the favourable opinion of its committee of independent...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 28, 2019 3:05 PM
2019-06-28 hasi_wr_870.1561725495.jpg As of 1 July 2019, the Tuscan company Waste Recycling, with its three multifunctional areas in the province of Pisa, joins Herambiente Servizi Industriali...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 17, 2019 7:35 PM
2019-06-17 GH_ASCOPIAVE_870.1565011002.jpg The business partnership, through the joint venture EstEnergy, involves over 1 million customers, with the new entity's overall value coming to 864.5...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 1, 2019 1:06 PM
2019-03-01 Potentialpark_870.1551441116.png For the third consecutive year, the multiutility is awarded by major Swedish research company Potentialpark for being the most "talent friendly" company...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 26, 2019 12:04 PM
2019-02-26 ATR_CMV_870.1551343251.png The last formal step on today's date for the integration of the natural gas distribution activities of Inrete and CMV Servizi and the energy sale activities of...
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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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