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Web Content Article on-date Jul 6, 2016 9:31 AM
52 2016-03-09 Sixty students of technical schools of the provinces of Emilia-Romagna will use the school/work programme and summer internships, the result of an agreement signed by the Hera...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 8, 2016 10:00 AM
2016-07-08 riunione_.1469543703.jpg Sale of ordinary shares of Hera S.p.A. ABB - July 2016 The Municipalities of Castelfranco Emilia, Cesena, Frassinoro, Fiorano Modenese, Formigine, Maranello,...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 28, 2016 6:07 PM
2016-06-28 Alessandro Baroncini A wholly owned subsidiary of the multi-utility, the company will be operational from 1 July 2016. Alessandro Baroncini, former Director of Energy Networks at the...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 27, 2016 10:20 AM
Inrete The Board of Directors of Hera S.p.A. today approved, with effect from 1 July 2016, the transfer of the gas and electricity distribution line of business to the company Inrete...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 28, 2015 3:35 PM
2015 dividend payment Laura Micaletto 2016-06-22 Fiorenza Bavieri sede_hera_110.1592477872.1603377620.jpg 653 00:00:00 23:59:00 2015 dividend payment 1053 1 0 1 2016-06-22
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 22, 2016 5:15 PM
2016-06-22 inrete.1469545883.jpg Inrete will be operational as of 1st July 2016. Nasce INRETE per la distribuzione di gas ed energia elettrica The Hera S.p.A. Board of Directors has approved...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 21, 2016 5:43 PM
9 2015-04-09 Hera Group voices the enhancement of female talent: This is the significant achievement of the XXVIII edition of the Marisa Bellisario Award "Donne ad Alta Quota" [Women at High...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 20, 2016 6:10 PM
The Hera Group takes the podium for the value it places on female workers: this was the important outcome of the XXVIII edition of the Maria Bellisario "Donne ad Alta Quota" (high-flying women)...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 20, 2016 5:25 PM
26 The Hera Group takes the podium for the value it places on female workers: this was the important outcome of the XXVIII edition of the Maria Bellisario "Donne ad Alta Quota" (high-flying women)...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 24, 2016 3:43 PM
2016-06-16 Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano The Maria Bellisario Foundation has awarded the multi-utility company with the Golden Apple for Women-Friendly Company. Here are the motivations for this award...
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Web Content Article on-date Jun 13, 2016 9:44 AM
27 Hera's commitment to new technologies has been rewarded at the Smau Bologna innovation trade fair. The HergoAmbiente project won the Smau R2B Innovation Prize for cutting-edge experiences that...
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Web Content Article on-date May 20, 2016 3:48 PM
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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Web Content Article on-date Jul 28, 2015 3:37 PM
Italian Conference Unicredit - Milano Conference with the main national and international investors, focused on the main italian listed Company Laura Micaletto 2016-06-08 Fiorenza Bavieri ...
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Web Content Article on-date May 5, 2016 4:11 PM
Again this year, the Hera Group will be attending with its own stand the Open University day, the event which creates networking opportunities for graduates and businesses , organised by the...
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Web Content Article on-date May 5, 2016 4:09 PM
Again this year, the HERA Group will be attending with its own stand the Career Day organised by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE) in collaboration with the Regional Authority...
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Web Content Article on-date May 13, 2016 4:07 PM
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 May 10, 2016 12:09 PM
MIAC Recovery and Recycling 2016, the international event dedicated to paper for recycling sponsored by COMIECO, will take place from 19 to 20 May in Lucca. Herambiente will be one of the main...
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Web Content Article on-date May 19, 2016 5:54 PM
55 2016-03-09 Wednesday, 18 May 2016 in the beautiful setting of Palazzo Rasponi's main hall, Hera presented the experience of HeraLABs, its local multistakeholder boards, to encourage...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 27, 2015 5:23 PM
Meeting of the Board of Directors to approve 1Q2016 results. 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 and...
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Web Content Article on-date May 5, 2016 4:06 PM
Again this year, the Hera Group will be attending with its own stand the Ferrara Career Day, an initiative organised by the Departments of Engineering, Economics, Mathematics and Computer Science,...
Tipologia Evento: Job and Training
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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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