After almost three years, AgroFossilFree is coming to an end and we want to share with you the policy guidelines that AgroFossilFree has created and brought into consultation with the EC Policy Officers. We have compiled a list of 19 Policy Briefs, considering the technological and socioeconomic maturity of the available Fossil-Energy-Free Technologies and Strategies (FEFTS) that were derived from the scientific and grey literature, the research projects run in the EU, the existing financing mechanisms in the EU for FEFTS, the market availability of FEFTS and the direct interests and ideas from the survey (511 stakeholders) and the series of workshops in national (998 stakeholders) and transnational (140 stakeholders) level about FEFTS in European farming.
The following list contains the links to the 19 Policy Briefs that have direct or indirect contact with the theme of AgroFossilFree Project to allow them to provide their insights on the proposed policies.
HORIZONTAL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
- Enabling the creation and growth of energy communities in rural areas
- Farm Energy Audits
- European Low Energy/Carbon Label of Agricultural Products
SPECIFIC FOSSIL ENERGY FREE TECHNOLOGIES & STRATEGIES POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
OPEN-FIELD AGRICULTURE
- Agrivoltaics for open-field agriculture
- Alternative Fuels for Agricultural Machinery
- Precision Agriculture as Energy Consumption Reduction Strategy
- Carbon Farming for Carbon Removals
- Conservation Agriculture to enhance soil carbon stock and reduce GHG emissions in European Agriculture
- Alternative crop nutrient providers (Green Fertilisers / Biofertilisers, biostimulants / Biochar)
AGRICULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS (LIVESTOCK facilities & GREENHOUSES)
- Building Management Systems (BMS) for Agricultural Construction
- Heat pumps for HVAC of agricultural constructions (RES4LIVE)
- Photovoltaics (PV) and Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) Collectors and Systems for agricultural construction rooftops.
- Biogas production from agricultural waste and other innovative feedstock / Biomethane upgrading for local consumption or grid injection
- Facilitating the development of energy-independent farming in Livestock
- Energy upgrading/renovation of livestock buildings
- The use of thermochemical fluids for energy saving and storage in agriculture (The Greefa Project)
GENERAL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
- Financial Support to Fossil Energy-Free Technologies and Strategies
- Regulatory Support to Fossil Energy-Free Technologies and Strategies
- Technology, Knowledge Transfer, and Awareness Building provisions to support Fossil Energy Free Technologies and Strategies diffusion
