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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jun 29, 2020 3:31 PM
SI Giuseppe Gagliano Group Manager of Communication and External Relations Born in Rome in 1963. Since January 2010 he has been the Group manager of communication and external relations and is...
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SI Giulio Renato Group manager of waste management and fleets and Executive Chairman of Uniflotte S.r.l. He was born in Crotone in 1979. Since 24 May 2023, he has been Group Manager of Waste...
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SI Franco Fogacci Group Manager of Waste Management and Fleets Born in Bologna in 1957. Since January 2021, he has been the Group Manager of Waste Management and Fleets and is responsible for...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jun 29, 2020 3:22 PM
SI Mila Fabbri Legal and Corporate Affairs Group Manager Born in Casalfiumanese (BO) in 1958. Since November 2002, she has been the Hera Group's Legal and Corporate Affairs Group Manager, with...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jun 29, 2020 3:20 PM
SI Executive Chairman and Market Group Manager ad interim Born in Forlì in 1970. Since 27 April 2023, Executive Chairman of the Hera Group. From April 2014 to April 2023 Market Group Manager and...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jun 29, 2020 3:18 PM
SI Antonella Esposito Internal Auditing Manager Born in Cosenza in 1973. Since January 2018, she has been Internal Auditing Manager with responsibility for assisting the Company in the pursuit...
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SI Giancarlo Campri Personnel and Organisation Group Manager Born in La Spezia in 1957. Since November 2002 he has been Personnel and Organisation Group Manager for the Hera Group, with...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jun 29, 2020 2:58 PM
Replacing the traditional paper bill... Plant a tree! SI Filippo Bocchi Manager of Shared Value and Sustainability Born in Fidenza (PR) in 1969. Since March 2019, he has been Manager of Shared...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jun 29, 2020 2:53 PM
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SI Roberto Barilli General Manager - Operations Roberto Barilli was born in Bologna in 1951. He has a degree in civil engineering, lives in Castel Maggiore (BO) and has two children. He began his...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jun 29, 2020 2:42 PM
SI Stefano Venier Hera Group Chief Executive Officer from April 2014 to April 2022 Born in Udine in 1963. He resigned as Hera Group Chief Executive Officer, with effect from 26 April 2022, to hold...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Feb 9, 2021 3:14 PM
SI Carmine Artone Director of Informations Systems Carmine Artone was born in Naples in 1967. Since 2020 he has been Director of Information Systems in the Innovation Management Department of...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Feb 9, 2021 2:06 PM
SI Federico Bronzini Chief Executive Officer of INRETE Distribuzione Energia S.p.A. Born in Imola in 1976. In January 2021, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of INRETE Distribuzione...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Feb 25, 2021 3:37 PM
SI Carlo Andriolo General Manager at AcegasApsAmga S.p.A. Born in Pordenone in 1973. Since April 23, 2024, he has served as the Group Manager of AcegasApsAmga, overseeing the management of gas,...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jun 29, 2020 2:40 PM
SI Gabriele Giacobazzi Vice Chairman Gabriele Giacobazzi was born in Secchia (MO) on 4 July 1949. He serves as Adjunct Professor at the Department of Engineering of the University of Modena and...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jun 29, 2020 1:46 PM
No Archive Diversity and inclusion in Hera Group Investing in Hera means investing in sustainability, diversity, equality and inclusion Hera began to make efforts in the area of inclusion...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jun 29, 2020 1:45 PM
No Diversity Pillars Inclusion pillars People development Controversies A multi-stakeholder approach to diversity and inclusion Diversity and inclusion in Hera Group The Group began to make...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jun 29, 2020 12:58 PM
SI Hera brings its own strategy into line with universal principles concerning human rights, the environment and the fight against corruption. Its approach to sustainability management has been...
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Web Content Article · written-by ELENA FARRE on-date Jun 29, 2020 12:57 PM
SI Sustainability and creating shared value are the fundamental traits of our company and define its purpose, which strongly reaffirms our commitment to the energy transition, circular economy and...
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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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