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Web Content Article on-date Apr 23, 2021 1:50 PM
In this report Report Homepage Letter to stakeholders 1. Sustainable strategy and Shared Value 2. Pursuing carbon neutrality 3. Regenerating resources to come full circle 4. Enabling...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Apr 23, 2021 1:43 PM
<font color="#3a9c71">Sustainability <br>Report Approved by the Board of Directors of Hera Spa on 26 March 2024 2023 img_canvas_desktop_bs2023.jpg img_canvas_mobile_bs2023.jpg
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 8, 2021 1:46 PM
dsk_2_1 (1).jpg canvas_superhome_ctasingola_desktop.jpg Canvas_hp_bs_desktop.jpg canvas_eng1 (2).jpg canvas_desktop.jpg Innovation for Sustainability_2x.jpg We are going to reduce emissions by 37%...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 21, 2021 2:23 PM
SBTi 2021 We can now boast one of the most ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions certified on a scientific basis for a company in Italy: down 37% by 2030 compared to 2019. This...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 22, 2021 10:09 AM
2021-04-22 Science based target The Group’s objectives in reducing greenhouse gas emissions are among the most ambitious for an Italian company, as officially communicated today, World Earth Day,...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 22, 2021 12:29 PM
398 SBTi SBTi 2016-10-10 Hera can now boast one of the most ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions certified on a scientific basis for a company in Italy: down 37% by 2030...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Apr 21, 2021 10:30 AM
img_prefooter_fascia_mobile_BEBS2023.jpg The consolidated economic results at 31 December 2023 and the 2023 sustainability report were approved by the Board of Directors of the Hera Group on 26...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 14, 2021 3:33 PM
SI The particular historical moment we are currently experiencing has taught us, just in case we had forgotten, that complex situations can and must be resolved with the help of all the energy and...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 14, 2021 3:29 PM
SI Air, water, waste: HERAtech Laboratory’s experience, always up-to-date with regulatory and technological developments Adapting its analytical response to continuous developments of chemical and...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Apr 9, 2021 10:21 AM
Assemblea Soci EN 2022
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 9, 2021 8:54 AM
<span style="color:#00A19B;">Discover more on the official website grenfin.eu</span> SI Goals and content of the project: The GrEnFIn project introduces knowledge and skills in higher education and...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 7, 2021 3:07 PM
Statement_of_comprehensive_income.pdf Cash_flow_statement.pdf Trends_and_contexts.pdf Statement_of_financial_position.pdf Net_financial_indebtedness.pdf Statement_of_changes_in_net_equity.pdf...
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Web Content Article on-date Apr 6, 2021 7:55 AM
2021-04-06 Kindly note that the following documents, approved by the Hera S.p.A. Board of Directors, have been made available to the public at company headquarters, on the website...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 26, 2021 9:11 AM
Shareholders meeting notice.pdf Minutes of the ordinary shareholders meeting 2022.pdf Summary statement on voting for the items on the agenda at the meeting.pdf
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 28, 2022 1:20 PM
Shareholders meeting notice.pdf Minutes of the ordinary shareholders meeting.pdf Summary statement on voting for the items on the agenda at the meeting.pdf
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Web Content Article on-date Mar 26, 2021 7:28 AM
2021-03-26 Kindly note that the following documentation, pertaining to the Shareholders Meeting convened for 28 April 2021, is available to the public at the Company headquarters, on the...
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Web Content Article · written-by ANDREA GUERCI on-date Mar 25, 2021 5:56 PM
Si Questions pertaining to the Hera S.p.A. Shareholders meeting on 30 April 2024 Bianco Si GRUPPO
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 28, 2022 1:22 PM
No Procedure for participation and voting by proxy Right to ask questions before the Shareholders' Meeting Right to make additions to the agenda and submit proposals for approval Information as to...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 25, 2021 11:41 AM
No Procedure for participation and voting by proxy Right to ask questions before the Shareholders' Meeting Right to make additions to the agenda and submit proposals for approval Information as to...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Mar 28, 2022 1:13 PM
SI Shareholders are asked to attend the Extraordinary and Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting at the head office of Hera S.p.A. - Viale C. Berti Pichat no. 2/4, Bologna - on 28 April 2021 at 10.00 on a...
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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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