Eni and Hera launch Ravenna Environmental Hub

Project overview

Eni and Hera, through subsidiaries Eni Rewind and Herambiente, have redeveloped a decommissioned 26‑hectare Ca’ Ponticelle site into the Ravenna Environmental Hub. The redevelopment required a total investment of €100 million and targets industrial regeneration, waste management and circular‑economy development.

Facilities and capacities

The hub hosts the HEA platform, a joint venture between HASI (Herambiente Servizi Industriali) and Eni Rewind, a multifunctional pretreatment facility for solid and liquid special waste with up to 60,000 tonnes/year capacity that replaces the historic HASI storage platform. The site also includes Eni Rewind’s biorecovery plant for hydrocarbon‑contaminated soils (80,000 tonnes/year), a chemical laboratory run by Labanalysis Environmental Services for process monitoring and compliance, and a Plenitude photovoltaic installation (6 MWp, covering 11 hectares with more than 10,000 bifacial, sun‑tracking panels) operational since 2024.

Timeline and energy systems

Redevelopment began in 2019; permanent securing works were completed in 2021 and construction of the new environmental infrastructure started in 2023. The hub is expected to become operational in July 2026. In April 2026 an experimental energy storage system based on a next‑generation vanadium flow battery was completed and connected to the existing PV installation.

Strategic impact

The hub is intended to reduce Italy’s structural shortage of special‑waste treatment plants, maximise material recovery, cut reliance on landfills and limit transfers outside the region. It aims to serve Eni Group operations and the wider industrial market, support local competitiveness and continuity of operations, and enable new circular supply chains in the Ravenna industrial district.