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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:08 PM
NEWS 2011 results - a milestone in 10 years of Annual Reports featuring continuous growth Hera and the Stock Exchange Financial Calendar Analyst Coverage IN D EX Focus on FY2011 results ...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:11 PM
press release Bologna, 19 October 2010 Hera Group: new 2010-2014 business plan Targets include growth in Ebitda (+32% to €750 million), positive cash flow and an increase in financial...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:11 PM
Business plan 2010 ‐ 2014 London, 19th October 2010 Speakers: • Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, Chairman • Stefano Venier, Executive director of Development and Marketing •...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:12 PM
mln/€ CASH FLOW +– NET EQUITY >51 * %COSTS Revenues ÷ROE Hera Group consolidated annual report as at 31st December 2010 includes financial statements describing performances, results and...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:12 PM
Hera Q3 2010 Results Bologna, 11th November 2010 Speakers: • Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, Chairman • Stefano Venier, General manager Markets & Development •...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:12 PM
2010 quarterly report as at 30th september 2010 3009 2010 0 - Introduction Mission Administrative and auditing boards Summary data Strategic approach Business Sectors ...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:13 PM
press release Bologna, 26 August 2010 HERA S.p.A.: Board of Directors approves First Half 2010 results Rise in all earnings indicators compared to same period last year Revenues of...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:13 PM
First half 2010 results Bologna, 26th August 2010 Speakers: • Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, Chairman • Stefano Venier, Executive director of Development and Marketing • Luca Moroni,...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:13 PM
P&L Profit and Loss account € /000 30-Jun-09 30-Jun-10 Sales 2,146,047 1,805,478 Change in stock 796 12,020 Other operating revenues 106,167 101,758 Raw materials (net of change in...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:14 PM
Press release Bologna, 13 May 2010 HERA S.p.A.: BoD approves interim reults for the first three months of 2010 Growth of operating results driven by Waste Management and by Energy ...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:14 PM
CONTENTS PAGE 1 Message from the Chairman of the Board PAGE 2 Focus on Q1 2010 results PAGE 3 2009 Sustainability Report Annual Shareholders’ Meeting PAGE 4 Hera and...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:14 PM
www.gruppohera.it Q1 2010: First results from harvesting Q1 ‘10 Group results 1 Increase in all economic results. Ebitda grows at double digit underpinned only by organic drivers. Market...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:32 PM
P&L Profit and Loss account € /000 31-Mar-08 31-Mar-09 Sales 1,001,279 1,287,050 Change in stock 2,085 895 Other operating revenues 12,981 14,398 Raw materials (net of change in...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:36 PM
First Half 2009 Results www.gruppohera.it First Half 2009 Results Analyst Presentation, 27th August 2009 H1 2009: Maintaining a positive growth H1 2009 Group results > Hera achieved...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:36 PM
Quarterly report as at 30th september ‘09 Hera's Mission “Hera’s goal is to be the best multi‐utility in Italy for its customers, workforce and shareholders. It aims to achieve this ...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:37 PM
press release Bologna, 29 March 2010 The Board of Directors approves the results as at 3 1 December 2009 Industrial results on the rise and dividend confirm ed at Euro 8 cents Revenues at...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:41 PM
2 Contents Letter from the Chairman of the Board..................................................................................................................... 4 Letter from the Chief...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:42 PM
press release Bologna, 26 March 2009 Hera: The Board of Directors approves the results as at 31 December 2008 Profits all up and coupon confirmed Revenues at Euro 3,716.3 million (+29.8%) ...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:45 PM
P&L Profit and Loss account € /000 Note 30-Jun-07 30-Jun-08 Sales 4 1,344,871 1,752,381 Change in stock 4 (73) 2,202 Other operating revenues 5 20,029 29,593 Raw materials (net of...
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Document on-date Aug 20, 2020 3:46 PM
CONTENTS Letter to the Shareholders Hera's Mission Administrative and control bodies Notice of call of the Shareholders’ Meeting 1 Directors' Report 1.01 Summary data 001 ...
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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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