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Web Content Article on-date Apr 8, 2019 3:09 PM
Aism - Associazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla, Butterfly ONLUS, D.i.Re - Donne in Rete contro la violenza, Fondazione ANT Italia ONLUS e Save the Children. These are the five non-profit...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 26, 2019 12:55 PM
Herasolidale_110 Aism - Associazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla, Butterfly ONLUS, D.i.Re - Donne in Rete contro la violenza, Fondazione ANT Italia ONLUS e Save the Children. These are the five...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 28, 2019 9:23 AM
2019-03-28 Kindly note that the following documentation, pertaining to the Shareholders Meeting convened for 30 April 2019, is available to the public at company headquarters, the authorised...
Comunicati stampa: Price sensitive Financial Results -
Web Content Article on-date Feb 6, 2019 10:03 AM
Meeting of the BoD to approve Financial Results as at 31/12/2018. 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 Mar 28, 2019 9:33 AM
377 BS 2016 2016-10-10 The 2018 Sustainability Report was approved, concurrently with the financial year, which consolidates the innovative representation of the contents focused on the creation...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 27, 2019 6:39 PM
Hera Group approves results at 31/12/2018 Financial highlights Turnover at 6,626.4 million euro (+8.0%) Ebitda at 1,031.1 million euro (+4.7%) Net profits at 296.6 million euro (+11.2%) Net debt at...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 25, 2019 9:34 AM
2019-03-27 Results at 31/12/2018 The multi-utility, included as of Monday 18 March in the FTSE MIB, closed the year with all main results improving beyond expectations, reaching the milestone of a...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 18, 2019 11:54 AM
Bilancio d'esercizio 2018 16 years of brilliant results thanks to a dynamic and sustainable strategy The 2018 financial statements reported improved results, better than the expectations. Growth to...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 5, 2021 2:46 PM
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 20, 2019 3:46 PM
2019-03-18 As of today, Monday 18 March, the multi-utility is part of the index comprising the 40 largest companies listed on the Italian stock exchange. Calendar of events Hera has been included,...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 18, 2019 9:46 AM
Hera Group Hera has been included, as of today, Monday 18 March, in the FTSE MIB, the main index of Borsa Italiana, which comprises the 40 largest stocks listed on the Italian stock exchange in...
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 1, 2019 10:54 AM
Hera is among the promoters of the Circular Economy Network, a project promoted by the Sustainable Development Foundation and by a group of companies and associations involved in the transition to...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 26, 2019 12:30 PM
ATR-CMV_110 Following the approval of the related Shareholders' Meetings on 20 December, the transaction was formalized today which provides for the integration of the energy activities of CMV...
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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 Jul 18, 2019 8:44 AM
ATR-CMV_110 Following the approval, on 20 December, by the associated shareholders' meetings, the transaction was formalised today which makes provision for the integration of the energy activities...
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Web Content Article on-date Jul 18, 2019 8:49 AM
Potentialpark_110 Just a few weeks after the Top Employers certification, the Hera Group is confirmed among the most "talent friendly" companies in Italy for the third consecutive year. This is...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 27, 2019 6:10 PM
47 IR_perception_analysis_2019.1551287398.jpg The research is based on the qualitative and quantitative feedback obtained from leading global investment professionals in the All-Europe Executive...
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Web Content Article on-date May 6, 2019 12:30 PM
48 Last January, the Top Employers Institute awarded Hera with the tenth certification in a row as one of the best companies in Italy for application of best practices focused on the development...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 29, 2019 11:04 AM
Also this year, Hera Group will participate with its own stand at the Career Day in Bologna, an initiative organized by the University, aimed at the meeting between graduates and companies. The...
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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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