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Web Content Article on-date Nov 6, 2019 11:35 AM
389 Financial Times 2019-04-11 On November 5, 2019, McDonald's and the Hera Group signed an agreement at Ecomondo, a reference event in Europe for technological and industrial innovation in...
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Web Content Article on-date Oct 28, 2019 2:45 PM
388 Financial Times 2019-04-11 In these days the questionis not whether a world without plastic pollution is possible, but what we will do to make it happen. In just one year, more than 400...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 29, 2019 9:39 AM
Hera Group will participate this year at Career Day with a stand to meet the students. The initiative will be held on 10 October 2019 from 9.00 to 17.30 at the UniMORE (Modena Fiera). Marco...
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Web Content Article on-date Oct 15, 2019 8:51 AM
387 Alpbach 2019-04-11 The report "In Good Water" provides precise guarantees on the quality of the water managed by Hera which, being tested 3,000 times per day, is 99.9% compliant with the...
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Web Content Article on-date Oct 3, 2019 12:30 PM
2019-10-03 (drafted pursuant to article 85-bis, paragraph 4-bis, of Consob Regulation 11971 / 14 May 1999) Communication of the overall amount of voting rights Bologna, 3 October 2019 - The...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 26, 2019 6:54 PM
2019-09-26 Announcement of sale of maximum of 14,426,407 ordinary shares of Hera S.p.A. Press release issued upon request and on behalf of n. 8 Public Shareholders of Hera S.p.A. ANNOUNCEMENT OF...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 26, 2019 9:25 PM
2019-09-26 Conclusion sale of ordinary shares of Hera S.p.A. Press release issued upon request and on behalf of n. 8 Public Shareholders of Hera S.p.A. CONCLUSION SALE OF ORDINARY SHARES OF HERA...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 6, 2019 2:06 PM
Refinitiv_110 The Hera Group has confirmed its ranking as one of Italy and the world's most interesting companies for investors who look favourably on businesses committed to supporting diversity...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 16, 2019 8:43 AM
6 Diversity_Index_110 The Hera Group has confirmed its ranking as one of Italy and the world's most interesting companies for investors who look favourably on businesses committed to supporting...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 12, 2019 9:48 AM
2019-09-16 logo_diversity_inclusion_2019_350x.1568272576.png This index, conceived to orient investors interested in companies committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and people development,...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 12, 2019 9:11 AM
4 logo_diversity_inclusion_2019_350x.1568272576.png In the international ranking, Hera, with a score of 75 came in third in Italy and 14th globally, further improving its position (after ranking...
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Web Content Article on-date Sep 10, 2019 5:17 PM
386 Alpbach 2019-04-11 On 26 August 2019, Hera CEO Stefano Venier made a speech on "how to turn a traditional utility company into a circular-economy frontrunner" at the European Forum Alpbach,...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 29, 2019 2:26 PM
A selection of Italian public and private infrastructure companies will meet the international financial community to discuss their strategic and financial prospects. The event is organized in...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 19, 2019 8:19 AM
Save the Children With HeraSolidale, the project with which we promote the support of voluntary associations active in the territories in which we operate, we concretely contribute to the...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 7, 2020 10:48 AM
20 top_employer_2019_870x320.1548922600.png sinistra Innovative human resource strategies, excellent working conditions, initiatives for personal and professional development for the entire company...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 1, 2019 2:09 PM
2019-08-01 (drafted pursuant to article 85-bis, paragraph 4-bis, of Consob Regulation 11971 / 14 May 1999) Communication of the overall amount of voting rights Bologna, 1 August 2019 - The...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 6, 2019 10:03 AM
Meeting of the BoD to approve ad interim results as at 30 june 2019. The BoD will meet in Bologna - Viale Berti Pichat 2/4 40127 Bologna at 11 am CEST. A press release on the board's discussions...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 30, 2019 5:49 PM
2019-07-30 The Hera Group extends the scope of its activities in Tuscany and consolidates its leadership in environmental services for businesses by acquiring the Serravalle Pistoiese landfill and...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 30, 2019 6:08 PM
HA-PTA_110 Herambiente, a Hera Group company and Italian leader in waste treatment, has acquired Pistoia Ambiente, which manages the Serravalle Pistoiese landfill and the associated liquid waste...
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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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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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