Opinion presented on the behalf of the Commission for Economic Affairs on the finance bill project for 2015 (nr 2234) - Volume III - ecology, sustainable development and mobility - energy. Nr 2262

After a presentation of budgetary allocations for energy, this report discusses the participation of agriculture to energy transition, particularly with the emergence of farmers who are also energy producers (development of photovoltaic on agricultural hangars, development of anaerobic digestion supported by public policies), and the development of a French model of anaerobic digestion oriented towards circular economy (reasons for supporting anaerobic digestion, solutions to boost the sector). The last part addresses the management of consumption by farmers and how to take a new energy problematic into account: as agriculture is a sector highly dependent on energy and with a high consumption of fossil energies, efforts are made to reduce this consumption and improve energy efficiency by means of the energy performance plan