District Heating Plants
Enomondo
District Heating Network in Faenza
The Enomondo project represents a model of excellence in circular economy applied to energy. The district heating network originates within the industrial area of Faenza and is powered by the biomass cogeneration plant operated by Enomondo, a company that is the result of a joint venture between Caviro and Hera, two leading environmental and agro-industrial entities in Emilia-Romagna.
The plant treats about 190,000 tons of waste each year, from farms, agri-food supply chains and urban collection. Through processes of sorting, composting and controlled combustion of biomass (such as pomace, wood chips, clippings, prunings and RDF), Enomondo produces thermal and electrical energy with very high environmental efficiency.
Project information
The thermal energy produced by the Enomondo plants feeds the Caviro Extra plants and, in surplus, is distributed to civil and industrial users through a district heating network. The system ensures efficient, safe and environmentally friendly heating, cooling and domestic hot water production.
Enomondo's district heating network is a modern and sustainable infrastructure designed to replace stand-alone boilers with a single source powered by renewable energy.
Thanks to the recovery of biomass and organic waste, the system follows a circular economy model, helping to avoid the emission of more than 57,000 tons of CO₂ each year.
- Energy source: cogeneration from solid biomass (marc, wood chips, compost, mowing, RDF)
- Quantities processed: ~190,000 tons/year of scrap recovered
- Energy produced: both thermal and electric, surplus fed into the grid
- CO₂ avoided: about 57,000 tons/year.
- Utilities served: Caviro factories, residential and industrial utilities
- Thermal distribution: 100,000 MWht/year
- Functions covered: heating, cooling, domestic hot water production
- Network technology: heat exchangers, low-temperature secondary circuit
- Benefits: increased efficiency, reduced emissions, reliability, elimination of individual boilers
District heating networks
