Focus
Focus
Focus
Category Facet
Custom Facet
Search Results
-
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 15, 2023 10:23 AM
Do you want to become a supplier? Read the rules and access requirements, then proceed and register.
-
Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 15, 2023 10:10 AM
bt_gestione_contratti.png Contract<br>management Log in to<br><i>Hera_Pro</i> null null null null nota_informativa.png ico_bandi_gare.png counter_copy.png ico_manuali.png bt_hera_pro.jpg null...
-
Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Nov 13, 2023 4:15 PM
Hera will participate in the 6th European Mid Cap CEO Conference, a flagship event in Europe dedicated to CEOs for Mid Cap companies, organized by BNP Paribas Exane. Fiorenza Bavieri 2023-11-14...
Tipologia Evento: Price sensitive -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 10, 2023 12:51 PM
The Hera Group, acting through its subsidiary Hera Comm, and Ascopiave signed a deed of transfer from the latter of a 15% shareholding in EstEnergy, for a counter value of 137.5 million euro....
-
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 10, 2023 11:49 AM
2023-11-10 Following Ascopiave’s partial exercise of the put option, the Hera Group, through its subsidiary Hera Comm, now holds 75% of EstEnergy, the largest energy operator in North-Eastern Italy...
-
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 8, 2023 5:09 PM
Analyst presentation Q3 2023.pdf
Tipologia DL: Investor -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 8, 2023 5:07 PM
Economic data Q3 2023.xls
Tipologia DL: Investor -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 8, 2023 5:05 PM
Press release Q3 2023.pdf
Tipologia DL: Investor -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 8, 2023 5:04 PM
Financial report as at 30 September 2023.pdf
Tipologia DL: Investor -
Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Nov 8, 2023 12:18 PM
Financial highlights Ebitda* at 1,006.8 million euro (+15.1%) Net profit attributable to shareholders* at 235.5 million euro (+10.0%) Net investments and corporate acquisitions at 593 million euro...
-
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Nov 8, 2023 11:42 AM
2023-11-08 The first nine months of the year ended with strong growth in all economic and financial indicators, confirming the Group’s solidity and the effectiveness of its multi-business strategy....
Comunicati stampa: Hera Spa Financial Results Price sensitive -
Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Nov 6, 2023 3:31 PM
2023-11-07 fibra carbonio_870.png The Hera Group, through its subsidiary Herambiente, and Leonardo, through its Aerostructures Division, will work together to research the recovery of carbon...
Comunicati stampa: Hera Spa Other press releases -
Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 6, 2023 12:54 PM
No Need to self-register? Do you need to change the contact person’s details and/or the email address used in the Portal? Do you wish to participate in a public call or private negotiation? Do you...
-
Web Content Article · written-by THOMAS CECCONI on-date Nov 3, 2023 5:49 PM
fascia_helpdesk_desktop.png Need help? In this section, you can find all the assistance you need to log into the system and participate in proceedings. The Hera Group provides technical...
-
Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Oct 26, 2023 10:01 AM
SI Transition to a Circular Economy The current model of linear growth, on which the global economy is based, involves the exploitation and loss of natural and economic resources, generating...
-
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Oct 19, 2023 9:36 AM
From 7 to 10 November 2023, “Ecomondo” (the European fair that acts as a reference point on ecological transition, technological and industrial innovation of environmental services and green...
-
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Oct 19, 2023 11:06 AM
2023-10-19 Biorg_CS_870.jpg Thanks to a 28 million euro investment, the NewCo Biorg, born out of a partnership between Herambiente and Inalca, has created an outstanding example of the circular...
Comunicati stampa: Hera Spa Other press releases -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Oct 2, 2023 2:20 PM
2023-10-03 (drafted pursuant to article 85-bis, paragraph 4-bis, of Consob Regulation 11971 / 14 May 1999) Bologna, 3 October 2023 - The following table contains the data concerning the shares...
Comunicati stampa: Shareholders’ meeting Hera Spa -
Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Sep 29, 2023 12:39 PM
Grande Nero Workshop - Intelligence of the future: new horizons to guide the relationship between human and artificial intelligence Bologna, Spazio Hera, viale Carlo Berti Pichat 2/4, 5 December...
-
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...
Asset Publisher
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.
Search Bar
Tag Facet
Search Results
Asset Publisher