On 29 October 2026, ASM Terni hosted the conference “Dal RAEE alla risorsa” (From WEEE to Resource): circular economy, innovation and sustainability for the territory at its headquarters in Terni, Italy. The morning brought together speakers from the Umbria Region, the Umbria Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA Umbria), the University of Perugia and ASM Terni. They discussed the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the wider circular economy in the Terni area.
A dedicated session on innovation and resource circularity featured two projects in which ASM Terni is involved: NEWTHOR and CRETE VALLEY. Francesca Santori, Head of the Research and Development Unit at ASM Terni, presented CRETE VALLEY and the tools developed by the project. Her audience included representatives of the regional administration, the University of Perugia and the local industrial sector.
Terni is one of CRETE VALLEY’s four Follower Communities (FOL-COMs). These communities share the project’s mission and are developing their own replication plans based on the Renewable Energy Valley being built in Crete. In Terni, the focus is on planning tools that create synergies between electricity and water distribution networks, e-mobility and hydrogen-based mobility. The aim is to reach progressive levels of energy autarky, promote green hydrogen and engage citizens through local energy communities.
The audience showed particular interest in the green hydrogen production plant in Mires and the biomass plant in Arkalochori. Both were discussed in relation to NEWTHOR, a project led by ASM Terni that will build a pyro-gasification and plasmalysis plant to convert plant biomass into green hydrogen and biofuels (dimethyl ether, DME).
The event in Terni shows how the solutions demonstrated in Crete can inform energy planning in other European regions. It also opens the way for further exchange between the Terni Follower Community and the Cretan Community Energy Labs on hydrogen and biomass value chains.
