Investing in Renewable Energies for Agriculture

Programme 2014 - 2020 Interreg Europe

Date of latest update: 2023-12-02

Description

Description (EN):

THE CHALLENGE The agricultural sector accounts for almost 10% of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU, mainly for food production and transport. While there is an enormous potential to produce renewable energy on farms due to the availability of wind, sun, biomass and agricultural waste, important barriers and challenges still remain. Recent studies have proven that the main barriers identified by farmers to produce renewable energy are: complex permits and subsidies’ procedures, high investment costs, limited access to credit and doubts about profitability. Subsidies and feed-in tariffs are a key factor in encouraging farmers to shift towards a more environmentally friendly production and use of energy. The EU’s rural development policy helps the rural areas meet economic, environmental and social challenges, and it shares objectives with other ESIF funds. MS and regions draw up their rural development programmes based on the needs of their territories, and addressing some of the common EU priorities. At least 30% of funding for each RDP must be dedicated to measures relevant for the environment and climate change. OVERALL OBJECTIVE: The main objective is to develop measures that encourage the production and use of RE in the agricultural and rural sector. AgroREs will support this sector by solving its energy needs in a sustainable, economic viable and socially responsible way. OUTPUTS - 5 SF improved with more than 3,8 M€ influenced - 2 reginal Funds improved with 1,4 M€ influenced - More than 100 people with increased professional capacity - 41 policy learning events - 1 guide on good practices to promote investments of RE in agricultural areas - 7 self-assessment documents to analyze the situation of RE in agriculture and define the best solutions and technologies for implementation - 7 action plans to improve 7 policy instruments

Achievements (EN): In terms of activities, the project has organised a total of 52 policy learning events. It has also identified 22 good practices, produced 7 action plans and led to the increased capacity of 113 people.

Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/interreg-europe-2014-2020

Expected Results (EN):

OVERALL OBJECTIVE: The main objective is to develop measures that encourage the production and use of RE in the agricultural and rural sector. AgroREs will support this sector by solving its energy needs in a sustainable, economic viable and socially responsible way. The project will also create awareness of the benefits of investing in RE, as gaining independence from the external energy supplies or contributing to a more sustainable energy production. As well as showing the opportunities created, the barriers and challenges that still remain will be identified in order to be able to overcome them. AgroRES will design policies to support the integration of those RE technologies that most suit each agricultural and rural area; providing farmers with the assessment needed to face the investments. This objective will be achieved by: - Promoting an intelligent and resilient agricultural sector. - Intensifying measures for environmental care and climate action to meet EU targets. - Strengthening the socio-economic fabric in rural areas. SOME OF THE SUB-OBJECTIVES ARE: • To increase the capacity and knowledge of the project target groups, especially stakeholders and policy makers, regarding the possibilities of investment in agricultural and rural areas. To enlarge the field of action for this learning process through specific communication and dissemination tools. • To raise general awareness and promote public dialogue to overcome the barriers and challenges previously identified. • To provide and exchange a number of good practices and experiences in the field that could be replicable in other regions. • To generate Action Plans that will address some or all of the challenges found in the agricultural and rural zones and that can be divided in economic, environmental and social. All supported by innovation, which is the basis for progress. This will be achieved through a number of actions and measures reached by each partner working closely with its stakeholders.

Expected Outputs (EN):

The main expected output is to improve 7 regional policy instruments, either through the implementation of new projects or through changes in the management of the policy instruments, or both. It is expected that partners will be able to launch the improvements and the new projects, carrying out direct investments, during the second phase of the project. These outputs and results can be divided in three groups: 1.EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE: - 1 learning strategy. - 7 stakeholder groups. - 35 local stakeholder meetings. - 3 interregional workshops to set the guidelines for the project’s technical studies. - 4 stakeholders’ one-to-one networking exchange. - 10 study visits in partners’ regions of projects developed to support RE in agriculture. - 7 cross-cut visits through staff exchange. - 1 guide on good practices to promote investments of RE in agricultural areas. - 7 self-assessment documents to analyze the situation of RE in agriculture and define the best solutions and technologies for implementation - 7 action plans to improve 7 policy instruments. Expected results will be 7 policy instruments improved in terms of management, and support given for new projects that integrate RE in agriculture allowing growth and development in rural areas. More than 100 people with increased professional capacity, mainly with high stake in policy making decisions. 2.COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION: - 1 dissemination and exploitation strategy. - 1 project website and project’s social profiles. - communication tools: leaflets printed, posters and roll-ups. - 1 newsletter and 2 press releases per semester. Expected results will be 50 media appearances, an average of 850 sessions at the project’s website, dissemination of the project by each partner at local, regional, national and EU level reaching external stakeholders and policy makers. 3.PROJECT MANAGEMENT: - 1 partnership agreement. - 1 project management handbook. - 5 steering committee meetings in phase 1. - 1 monitoring meeting in phase 2. - 7 progress and 1 final project report. Expected results will be a proper coordination among all partners and with lead partner to allow a smooth project management. This will enable the project to reach its objectives, achieving the indicators set in all administrative, technical and financial matters.

Thematic information

Renewable energy Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Specific Objective: Improve the implementation of regional development policies and programmes, in particular programmes for Investment for Growth and Jobs and, where relevant, ETC programmes, addressing the transition to a low-carbon economy

Thematic Objective: (04) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors by:

Investment Priority: (04e) promoting low-carbon strategies for all types of territories, in particular for urban areas, including the promotion of sustainable multimodal urban mobility and mitigation-relevant adaptation measures

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: Consorcio Agencia Extremeña de la Energia, AGENEX

Department: International Projects Area

Address: Avda Antonio Masa Campos 26, 06011 Badajoz, Spain

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.agenex.net

Total budget: EUR 351 550.00

ERDF budget: EUR 298 817.50

Województwo Lubelskie

Name: Województwo Lubelskie

Department: Department for Regional Policy and Regional Office of Energy

Address: 4 Artura Grottgera Street, 20-029 Lublin, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lubelskie.pl

Total budget: EUR 141 825.00

ERDF budget: EUR 120 551.25

Atlantic Technological University

Name: Atlantic Technological University

Department: Research

Address: Ash Lane, F91 YW50 Sligo, Ireland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.atu.ie

Total budget: EUR 152 970.00

ERDF budget: EUR 130 024.50

Agentia pentru Dezvoltare Regionala Bucuresti-Ilfov

Name: Agentia pentru Dezvoltare Regionala Bucuresti-Ilfov

Department: N.A.

Address: #163 Mihai Eminescu Street, sector 2, 020076 Bucharest, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.adrbi.ro

Total budget: EUR 153 770.00

ERDF budget: EUR 130 704.50

ARSIAL

Name: ARSIAL

Department: Directorate General - Staff Office for Community Policies - Territorial and rural development, markets, energies office

Address: Via Rodolfo Lanciani, 38, 00162 Rome, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.arsial.it

Total budget: EUR 179 375.00

ERDF budget: EUR 152 468.75

Devon County Council

Name: Devon County Council

Department: Digital Transformation & Business Support

Address: County Hall, Topsham Rd, EX3 0AQ, EX3 0AQ Exeter, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.devon.gov.uk

Total budget: EUR 224 970.00

ERDF budget: EUR 191 224.50

Pohjois-Karjalan maakuntaliitto

Name: Pohjois-Karjalan maakuntaliitto

Department: Regional development

Address: Siltakatu 2, 80110 Joensuu, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.pohjois-karjala.fi

Total budget: EUR 242 138.00

ERDF budget: EUR 205 817.30

Northern and Western Regional Assembly

Name: Northern and Western Regional Assembly

Address: The Square, Co Roscommon Ballaghaderreen, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 93 688.00

ERDF budget: EUR 79 634.80

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Lubelskie Voivodeship

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Atlantic Technological University

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Agentia Pentry Dezvoltare Regionala Bucuresti-Ilfov

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ARSIAL

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Devon County Council

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Pohjois-Karjalan maakuntaliitto

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Consortium Extremadura Energy Agency - until 09/06/2022 Association Extremadura Energy Agency

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Northern and Western Regional Assembly

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Summary

Project name (EN): Investing in Renewable Energies for Agriculture

Project acronym: AgroRES

Project start date: 2019-08-01

Project end date: 2023-07-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 540 286.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 309 243.10

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 309 243.10.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Action plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Action plan Arsial

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Action Plan Ireland - Northern & Western Region

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Action plan Lubelskie

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Bucharest-Ilfov Regional Action Plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Devon County Council

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Lazio Region

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Lubelskie Voivodeship

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional Self-assessment Region- Bucharest Ilfov

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional Self-assessment Region- Devon County Council (UK)

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional Self-assessment Region- Extremadura

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional Self-assessment Region- North Karelia, Finland

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional Action Plan of AgroRES Project Investing in Renewable Energies for Agriculture 08-2022 - 07-2023

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2023-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional Self-Assessment (Summary) Ireland – Northern & Western Region

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2021-10-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Pohjois-Karjalan maaseudun uusiutuvien energialähteiden nykytila ja tulevaisuuden käyttöpotentiaali

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2021-01-06

Languages: fi

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

Benefits of Community Energy - Report Launch 18 June 2021

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2021-07-02

Languages: en

Capturing Carbon in Soil

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2021-02-02

Languages: en

Final video

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2021-02-26

Languages: en, it

Maccarese Agricultural company: from farming to energy production

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2021-02-26

Languages: it

Micro-Generation Support Scheme - Review of Public Consultation Webinar

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2021-02-11

Languages: en

On-Shore Wind webinar, 10th November 2020

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2020-11-20

Languages: en

Oportunidades para la Agroindustria en el camino hacia un sector más sostenible

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2021-02-01

Languages: es

State of Renewable Energy in 7 EU regions

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2021-03-16

Languages: en

Tularù farm in Lazio, Italy

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2021-02-26

Languages: it

Welcome to the webinar

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/agrores/

Publication date: 2023-07-28

Document date: 2021-02-26

Languages: en

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Investing in Renewable Energies for Agriculture

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