100 million euros for french farmer... In order to encourage French farmers to embark on anaerobic digestion projects, the Secretary of State for the Minister of Ecology, Sbastien Lecornu, assured that the State would put its hand in the pocket. An envelope of 100 million euros is planned to achieve a "massification" of anaerobic digestion.
Convert the agricultural world to biogas. The Secretary of State for Ecology Sbastien Lecornu is one of his hobby horses. It must be said that biogas, or biomethane, represents significant assets. In terms of fuel, it has a much higher environmental performance than diesel, with a 95% reduction in fine particle emissions and over 25% less CO2 than diesel fuel. And for the farmers themselves, the methanisation of residues from their farms represents a real opportunity to significantly increase their income, by selling the biogas they produce. Sbastien Lecornu assures him, because for him taking "a median agricultural income of 25,000 euros per year (...) all renewable energy combined, this could create 15,000 additional euros of wealth for our friends farmers per year . "
Simplification of regulation and financial assistance
But for the moment, the politician notes that "the account is not in terms of massification (of anaerobic digestion) to make it a real lever at the national level" . Farmers still do not believe it enough, are not convinced of the interest they might find there. Above all, the means are lacking and the administrative heaviness overwhelms them.
It is to solve this double problem that Sbastien Lecornu has stepped up to partly simplify the process for farmers to regulate anaerobic digestion. And on the other, to support them financially. An envelope of 100 million euros has thus been created. As the man said: "In the large investment plan wanted by Stphane Travert and the President of the Republic, there is 100 million euros on the table, set by the BPI (public investment bank) and I put the banking world around the table to help farmers get over the edge . "
In the second half of 2017, the government announced that the costs of connecting the gas network of methanisers located on farms would be 40% of the State. But with this manna of 100 million euros, the goal here is to create a call for air, to encourage new operators to embark on anaerobic digestion.
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