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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 9, 2022 12:23 PM
2022-11-09 Despite the complex macro scenario, the Group’s quarterly report at 30 September 2022 shows an increase in Ebitda compared to 2021. Hera’s multi-business model, balanced between internal...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Aug 31, 2023 10:26 AM
Gruppo Hera celebrated the 25th anniversary of Ecomondo with an original fashion show featuring 25 iconic outfits from their collection. The SCART project, known for its creative reuse, showcased...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 8, 2022 5:10 PM
On November 30th and December 1st, 2022, Hera Group will take part in the fifth edition of the “Southern European Infrastructure Conference”, organized by Mediobanca in Australia. This year's...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 8, 2022 11:07 AM
Today, the Hera Group, acting through its subsidiary Herambiente Servizi Industriali (HASI), signed a binding agreement for a long-term partnership that provides for the acquisition of 60% of the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 7, 2022 3:52 PM
2022-11-07 The binding agreement signed today provides for the acquisition by the Hera Group of 60% of ACR, based in Modena and leader in the remediation and industrial waste treatment sector. ...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Aug 31, 2023 10:27 AM
Through its subsidiary Herambiente Servizi Industriali (HASI), Hera Group and company A.C.R. have finalized an agreement that marks the birth of Italy's largest operator in contaminated site...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Aug 31, 2023 10:28 AM
“Tracking waste”- Hera Group’s report on the path of separate waste collection valuing the citizens’ daily efforts - has reached its 13th edition, presenting data for 2021. In 2021, separate waste...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Oct 27, 2022 4:03 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Oct 21, 2022 2:22 PM
From 8 to 11 November 2022, Ecomondo, the leading event in Europe regarding the ecological transition with technological and industrial innovation in waste management services and the green economy...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Aug 31, 2023 10:30 AM
The Trieste waste-to-energy plant has undergone a major renovation, improving its power generation capacity and operational continuity. The project makes the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region's waste...
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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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