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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jan 17, 2023 10:53 AM
We have been certified as a Top Employer for the 14th consecutive time, standing out for its job policies and ranking among the top 3 in Italy out of 1,600 companies analysed. The well-being of...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jan 17, 2023 10:35 AM
We have been certified as a Top Employer for the 14th consecutive time, standing out for its job policies and ranking among the top 3 in Italy out of 1,600 companies analysed. The well-being of...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 16, 2023 5:19 PM
SI HERA OVERVIEW Investment case Achievement of previous plans TRACK RECORD EBITDA M&A Investments Dividend Shared value Latest presentations Analyst presentation Q3 2022 Analyst presentation Q1...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 16, 2023 12:31 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jan 19, 2023 3:57 PM
During 2023 AGM, financial results as at 31/12/2022 will be approved and major fiscal year events will be presented to shareholders, with a special focus on CSR and creation of shared value key...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 19, 2023 4:01 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve ad interim results as at 30 June 2023 will be held on 26 July 2023. The BoD will meet in Bologna - Viale Berti Pichat 2/4 40127 Bologna. A press release on the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 19, 2023 3:59 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve ad interim results as at 31 March 2023 will be held on 10 May 2023. The Board of Directors, as communicated for the previous financial year and in line with the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 10, 2023 5:46 PM
The Conference will bring together key industry leaders and policymakers for insightful and provocative debates on the prospects for a European response to the US IRA. Hera's senior management will...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 10, 2023 5:48 PM
Hera's senior management attends the Mediobanca's financial event, where the major Italian companies will have the opportunity to present their business to national and international funds, both...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 16, 2023 10:48 AM
The meeting of the BoD to approve the Business Plan 2022-2026 will be held on February 08, 2023. The BoD will meet in Hera’s headquarters located in Viale Berti Pichat 2/4 in Bologna. A press...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 19, 2023 4:03 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve ad interim results as at 30 September 2023 will be held on 8 November 2023. The Board of Directors, as communicated for the previous financial year and in line...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 19, 2023 3:55 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve the Financial Results as at 31/12/2022 will be held on 21 March 2023. The BoD will meet in Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 2/4 40127 Bologna. A press release on the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 10, 2023 5:43 PM
Hera's senior management attends the Italian Investment conference organized by Unicredit, in partnership with Kepler Cheuvreux. The conference, organized at the Milan headquarter of Unicredit, is...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 9, 2023 12:01 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 9, 2023 10:28 AM
giving value to the environment<br>and providing efficient services to businesses<br>are our priorities HERAMBIENTE: wPy1PIdze5A Banner Desktop video Herambiente Banner Mobile video Herambiente true
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 29, 2022 4:53 PM
Following the press release issued on 29th November 2022, the Hera Group and the Ascopiave Group here in announce that they have signed the contract deliverables governing the acquisition of 92% of...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 29, 2022 2:26 PM
2022-12-29 Following the press release issued on 29th November 2022, the Hera Group and the Ascopiave Group herein announce that today they have signed the contract deliverables governing the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Aug 31, 2023 10:21 AM
Following its recent reconfirmation for the third consecutive year in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, World and Europe, the Hera Group once again ranks among the most internationally focused on...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 19, 2022 12:05 PM
We once again rank among the companies that pay the most attention to sustainability and ESG aspects internationally. Our latest ESG Evaluation, carried out by the Sustainable Finance analysts of...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 19, 2022 11:58 AM
We once again rank among the companies that pay the most attention to sustainability and ESG aspects internationally. Our latest ESG Evaluation, carried out by the Sustainable Finance analysts 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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