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Web Content Article on-date Jan 10, 2020 10:35 AM
2020-01-10 In light of the positive preliminary results for 2019, showing higher growth than expected in the previous Plan, and the M&A transactions carried out, the Group has presented its new...
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 9, 2020 3:09 PM
Business_plan_110 Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, Hera Executive Chairman The goals set out in the Business plan we are presenting today are in line with our history: for 17 years, we have been growing...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 7, 2019 10:19 AM
The road show, dedicated to institutional investors, to present the Business plan to 2023 will be organised on January and February. Dates and locations will be announced asap. The event will be...
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Web Content Article on-date Jan 3, 2020 1:54 PM
2020-01-03 (drafted pursuant to article 85-bis, paragraph 4-bis, of Consob Regulation 11971 / 14 May 1999) Communication of the overall amount of voting rights Bologna, 3 January 2020 - The...
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 19, 2019 5:41 PM
2019-12-19 The transaction between the two companies, finalised today, marks the birth, through EstEnergy, of the largest energy operator in North-Eastern Italy, whose BoD was also appointed....
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 19, 2019 6:08 PM
2019-12-19 Gruppo Hera e Ascopiave The transaction between the two companies, finalised today, marks the birth, through EstEnergy, of the largest energy operator in North-Eastern Italy, whose BoD...
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 19, 2019 8:59 AM
GH-ASCOPIAVE_110 The Hera Group and Ascopiave S.p.a. have finalised the transaction that formalises, as of today, the birth of the largest operator in the energy sector in North-Eastern Italy, with...
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 12, 2019 12:30 PM
2 The Hera Group has been recognized among the Italian companies most capable of promoting the rational use of energy. This was decided by the highest national body in the sector: the FIRE (Italian...
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 12, 2019 12:26 PM
FIRE_prize_110 The Hera Group has been recognized among the Italian companies most capable of promoting the rational use of energy. This was decided by the highest national body in the sector: the...
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 4, 2019 9:31 AM
2 hera_ranking_2019_20_350x.1575448956.jpg In the Webranking 2019 report on Italian digital communication conducted by Lundquist, in collaboration with Comprend, the Hera Group wins the third...
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 3, 2019 3:55 PM
2019-12-03 (drafted pursuant to article 85-bis, paragraph 4-bis, of Consob Regulation 11971 / 14 May 1999) Communication of the overall amount of voting rights Bologna, 3 December 2019 - The...
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 12, 2019 9:22 AM
3 Also this year the Hera Group is on the podium of online communication. In the Webranking 2019 edition, in fact, the multi-utility won the bronze medal. The study, published today in Corriere...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 28, 2019 9:33 AM
Hera is still on the podium for web communication Also this year the Hera Group is on the podium of online communication. In the Webranking 2019 edition, in fact, the multi-utility won the bronze...
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Web Content Article on-date Dec 7, 2021 2:02 PM
Grande Nero Workshop - In search of the Purpose: the meaning of organizations poised between the expectations of stakeholders, macro-trends and business implications Bologna, Spazio Hera, viale...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 14, 2019 4:23 PM
3 oscar_bilancio_2019_870.1573745568.jpg The Hera Group wins the special prize for communication at the 2019 Financial Statement Oscars. The clear and transparent narrative in its reporting...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 6, 2019 10:03 AM
Meeting of the BoD approves financial results as at 30 September 2019. The Board of Directors, as communicated for the previous financial year and in line with the past, in order to guarantee...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 13, 2019 11:30 AM
2019-11-13 NexMeter_450x.1573641982.jpg The 2019 European Utility Week includes a preview of the new smart gas meter 4.0, provided with advanced technology and functions, and features that are...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 13, 2019 12:00 PM
Hera BoD approves 3Q 2019 results Financial highlights Revenues at 5,063.2 million euro (increased by 16.4%) Ebitda at 785.8 million (increased by 5.0%) Net result at 242.0 million (increased by...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 13, 2019 8:31 AM
4 The Hera Group wins the Special Oscar Award for Communication for the 55th edition of the event promoted by Ferpi (Italian Public Relations Federation) which rewards virtuous companies in...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 11, 2019 4:11 PM
2019-11-13 Results as at 30 September 2019 The Group closed the first nine months of the year with particularly positive results, higher than expectations, and with the third quarter showing...
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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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