FEDER - GAEC DES ESTIVES - CREATION OF AN INJECTION METHANIZATION UNIT
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GAEC DES ESTIVES
The GAEC des ESTIVES is managed by 3 partners: Madame and Monsieur LEGAY and their eldest son. Two full-time employees and one seasonal worker are employed there. The agricultural operation is made up of: - an SAU of 400 ha including 195 ha of sales crops, 80 ha of fodder corn and the balance in temporary and natural meadows;   - a herd of 160 HOLSTEIN dairy cows with a quota of 1,400,000 liters and 70 heifers raised per year.Mr. and Ms. LEGAY also own a cider business on a personal basis with 300 to 800 tonnes of processed apples per year. The methanization project is the result of the installation of a new partner and the expansion of the agricultural operation. The methanization unit will be built by the GAEC des ESTIVES, and will be located in the extension of the farm at a place called "Le Bourg", in Cerisy-Belle-Etoile. biomethane will be injected into the public gas distribution network managed by GrDF, which is located 3 kilometers from the project. Customers have reserved an injection capacity of 115 Nm3 of biomethane per hour. The objectives sought are mainly: - The establishment of an activity closely linked to agricultural production;   - Local treatment of organic agricultural waste (10,900T per year);   - Diversification of economic activities to have additional income;   - The desire to be autonomous in terms of upkeep and maintenance of the future methanization site;   - The ability to have an activity with a medium-term price guarantee;   - The overall consistency of the operating system;   - The possibility of strengthening the installation of the new partner.
Greener, carbon-free Europe / Low-carbon economy / Renewable energy: biomass