LIFE STEAM project is brought forward by a strong multi-disciplinary, inter-sectorial consortium of three highly skilled, competent and valuable Partners from two European Countries:
HERA S.p.A is the LIFE STEAM project Coordinator. Established in 2002 in Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Hera Group is widely recognized among the Italian largest multi-utilities operating in environment, water and energy sectors. The company takes advantage of almost 9,000 employees to meet the needs of about 4.4 million citizens over 357 municipalities within the country. Managing 80 treatment plants for the recovery and disposal of municipal and special waste, Hera has been producing renewable electricity from biogas generated by organic waste since 2009; nonetheless, Hera R&D department has been intensively working and collaborating with EU partners to find out the best solution in order to maximize the efficiency of green waste to be converted into advanced biofuels.
AYRION S.p.A. is an Italian company active in the research, consultancy, production and commercialization in the renewable energy sector. AYRION is shareholder of five biogas plants in Italy where electrical energy is produced from renewable sources such as biomasses and by-products from the agro-food and poultry sector. The company manages directly and through its affiliates the supply of agricultural biomasses and by-products and the operation and optimization of the anaerobic digestion process.
VALMET AB is a highly skilled finnish company in the field of the development, design, engineering, manufacturing and marketing of process equipment, systems and services, related to the processing of lignocellulosic materials (wood and non-wood) and raw materials for pulp, paper, panel board, energy and power production, and the emerging area of biorefinery products worldwide.
