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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Sep 28, 2023 4:20 PM
SI Diversity Equality & Inclusion data A selection of DE&I indicators with a description on how the Hera Group dealt with and promoted these topics in 2022. Shortcut: DE&I Data 2022 This...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Sep 28, 2023 4:19 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Sep 26, 2023 12:42 PM
2023-09-27 Hera S.p.A. hereby announces that, following the resignation, effective from 19 June 2023, of the director Lorenzo Minganti, the Company’s Board of Directors, which met today, has...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Sep 27, 2023 10:17 AM
2023-09-27 The merger deed was signed today and follows the acquisition, last March, of 92% of Asco TLC by the Hera Group subsidiary and Ascopiave. The transaction will strengthen Acantho’s...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Sep 19, 2023 4:59 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Aug 11, 2023 3:04 PM
SI In today's context, where the demand for water is increasing and climate change is affecting the amount available, protecting this resource is crucial. This is why we dedicate large investments...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Aug 2, 2023 11:46 AM
2023-08-02 Bologna, 2 August 2023 – The following table contains the data concerning the shares outstanding and the number of voting rights representing the share capital as at 31 July 2023. ...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jul 28, 2023 3:49 PM
Shareholders' meetings Indipendent auditors Board of statutory auditors Board of Directors Remuneration committee Ethics and sustainability committee Executive committee Control and risk committee...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jul 27, 2023 4:58 PM
2023-07-27 The merger leads to the strengthening of Acantho's position in the IT-TLC sector: thanks to Asco TLC's cutting-edge skills and infrastructure, the digital company expands its assets and...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jul 26, 2023 10:08 AM
Financial highlights Ebitda at 718.3 million euro (+13.8%) Net profit attributable to shareholders at 187.7 million euro (+2.4%) Overall investments rise to 403.4 million euro (+22.4%) Net debt at...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jul 26, 2023 12:13 PM
2023-07-26 The consolidated half-year report at 30 June shows growth in all main operating-financial indicators, confirming Hera’s financial solidity and once again demonstrating the effectiveness...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jul 27, 2023 9:26 AM
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jul 27, 2023 9:23 AM
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jul 27, 2023 9:22 AM
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jul 17, 2023 12:57 PM
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €460 million loan to Hera Group. The main goals of the financing are to strengthen the resilience of integrated water services, increase the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jul 14, 2023 2:59 PM
2023-07-17 The EIB loan will help improve the resilience of the integrated water cycle, energy efficiency and the management of environmental services in the areas served by Hera. Operations in...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jul 17, 2023 11:33 AM
The Hera Group is committed to ensuring that no one suffers discriminatory treatment for refusing to be complicit in acts of corruption or offences or for reporting in good faith the occurrence or...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jul 12, 2023 6:41 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jul 12, 2023 3:57 PM
true Born in Bologna in 1979. Since 24 May 2023, he has been Business Development Manager with responsibility for supporting the company's top management in handling the evolution of the business...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jul 12, 2023 3:45 PM
SI Roberto Dardi Business Development Manager Born in Bologna in 1979. Since 24 May 2023, he has been Business Development Manager with responsibility for supporting the company's top management...
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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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