Italy's Eni, Hera complete €100-million environmental hub in Ravenna

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16/06/2026 12:35

MILAN, June 16 (Reuters) - Italian energy group Eni ENI.MI and local utility Hera HRA.MI said on Tuesday they had completed a €100-million  ($116 million) environmental hub in Ravenna, northeast Italy, for circular economy activities and industrial waste management.
The Ravenna Environmental Hub covers 26 hectares. 
It was developed through Eni's unit Eni Rewind and Hera's waste management division Herambiente.
The project, launched in 2019, includes a multifunctional waste pre-treatment platform operated by HEA, a joint venture between Hera HRA.MI and Eni ENI.MI.
The HEA platform will treat up to 60,000 tonnes of special solid and liquid waste per year from industrial activities and recovery projects. 
The hub also hosts an Eni Rewind biorecovery plant with an annual capacity of 80,000 tonnes to treat hydrocarbon-contaminated soils from remediation activities. 
It includes a 6 megawatt peak photovoltaic plant built by Eni-controlled Plenitude, which began operating in 2024. 
The solar plant covers 11 hectares and has more than 10,000 panels.
The companies said an experimental energy storage system using vanadium flow batteries was completed at the site in April 2026 and connected to the solar plant.
The plants are expected to start operating in July. 

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 (Reporting by Gianluca Semeraro, editing by Alvise Armellini)
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